metabiosis
noun
meta·bi·o·sis
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plural metabioses\ -ˈō-sēz
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Medical Definition of metabiosis
: a mode of life in which one organism so depends on another that it cannot flourish unless the latter precedes and influences the environment favorably
Other Words from metabiosis
metabiotic
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adjective
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adjective
metabiotically
\ -i-k(ə-)lē
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adverb
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adverb