antibiosis

noun

an·ti·bi·o·sis | \ -bī-ˈō-səs

, -bē-\

Definition of antibiosis

: antagonistic association between organisms to the detriment of one of them or between one organism and a metabolic product of another

History and Etymology for antibiosis

borrowed from French antibiose, from anti- anti- + -biose (in symbiose symbiosis)

Note: French antibiose and the corresponding adjective antibiotique were introduced by the French mycologist Jean-Paul Guillemin (1861-1932) in "Antibiose et symbiose," a paper read to the French Association for the Advancement of the Sciences on August 11, 1889 (Association française pour l'avancement des sciences, Compte rendu de la 18me session, Paris, 1889, 2. partie, Notes et Mémoires, Paris, 1890), pp. 525-43.

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antibiosis

noun

an·ti·bi·o·sis | \ ˌant-i-bī-ˈō-səs, ˌan-ˌtī-; ˌant-i-bē-

plural antibioses\ -ˌsēz

Medical Definition of antibiosis

: antagonistic association between organisms to the detriment of one of them or between one organism and a metabolic product of another

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