metabiosis

metabiosis
Dependence of one organism on another for its existence. SEE ALSO: commensalism, mutualism, parasitism. [meta- + G. biosis, way of life]

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meta·bi·o·sis .met-ə-bī-'ō-səs n, pl -o·ses -'ō-sēz 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
meta·bi·ot·ic -'ät-ik adj
meta·bi·ot·i·cal·ly -i-k(ə-)lē adv

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meta·bi·o·sis (met″ə-bi-oґsis) [meta- + biosis] the dependence of one organism upon another for its existence; commensalism.

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