epibiotic

[ ep-uh-bahy-ot-ik ]

adjective
  1. of or relating to an organism that lives, usually parasitically, both on the surface and within the body of its host.

noun
  1. any such organism, as certain fungi.

Origin of epibiotic

1
First recorded in 1925–30; epi- + biotic

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