endosymbiosis

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(en′dō sim′bē ōsis, -bī-)


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en•do•sym•bi•o•sis  (en′dō sim′bē ōsis, -bī-),USA pronunciation n. [Biol.]
  1. Ecologysymbiosis in which one symbiont lives within the body of the other.
  • 1935–40; endo- + symbiosis
en•do•sym•bi•ot•ic  (en′dō sim′bē otik, -bī-),USA pronunciation adj. 

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