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symbiotic

[sim-bee-ot-ik, -bahy-] Origin

sym·bi·ot·ic

[sim-bee-ot-ik, -bahy-]
adjective
living in symbiosis, or having an interdependent relationship: Many people feel the relationship between humans and dogs is symbiotic.
Sometimes, sym·bi·ot·i·cal.


Origin:
symbio(sis) + -tic

sym·bi·ot·i·cal·ly, adverb
non·sym·bi·ot·ic, adjective
non·sym·bi·ot·i·cal, adjective
non·sym·bi·ot·i·cal·ly, adverb
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Symbiotic is always a great word to know.
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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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symbiosis (ˌsɪmbɪˈəʊsɪs, ˌsɪmbaɪˈəʊsɪs)
 
n
1.  a close and usually obligatory association of two organisms of different species that live together, often to their mutual benefit
2.  a similar relationship between interdependent persons or groups
 
[C19: via New Latin from Greek: a living together; see symbiont]
 
symbi'otic
 
adj
 
symbi'otical
 
adj

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Word Origin & History

symbiotic
1882, in biology, from symbiosis. Of human activities, from 1951.
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Medical Dictionary

symbiotic sym·bi·ot·ic (sĭm'bē-ŏt'ĭk, -bī-)
adj.
Of, resembling, or relating to symbiosis.

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Science Dictionary
symbiosis   (sĭm'bē-ō'sĭs)  Pronunciation Key 
The close association between two or more organisms of different species, often but not necessarily benefiting each member. The association of algae and fungi in lichens and of bacteria living in the intestines or on the skin of animals are forms of symbiosis. Some scientists believe that many multicellular organisms evolved from symbiotic relationships between unicellular ones and that the DNA-containing organelles within certain eukaryotic cells (such as mitochondria and chloroplasts) are the product of symbiotic relationships in which the participants became interdependent. There are four forms of symbiosis: amensalism, commensalism, mutualism, and parasitism.

symbiotic adjective
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