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noun an association between organisms that is harmful to one of them or between organisms and a metabolic product of another
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- English -biosis English antibiosis From anti- + -biosis.
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