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sym·bi·o·sis 
[sim-bee-oh-sis, -bahy-] Pronunciation Key
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[sim-bee-oh-sis, -bahy-] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural -ses
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[-seez] Pronunciation Key. | 1. | Biology.
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| 2. | Psychiatry. a relationship between two people in which each person is dependent upon and receives reinforcement, whether beneficial or detrimental, from the other. |
| 3. | Psychoanalysis. the relationship between an infant and its mother in which the infant is dependent on the mother both physically and emotionally. |
| 4. | any interdependent or mutually beneficial relationship between two persons, groups, etc. |
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sym·bi·ot·i·cal·ly, adverb
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| sym·bi·o·sis
(sĭm'bē-ō'sĭs, -bī-) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. sym·bi·o·ses (-sēz)
[Greek sumbiōsis, companionship, from sumbioun, to live together, from sumbios, living together : sun-, syn- + bios, life; see gwei- in Indo-European roots.] sym'bi·ot'ic (-ŏt'ĭk), sym'bi·ot'i·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adj., sym'bi·ot'i·cal·ly adv. |
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| symbiotic | |
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| used of organisms (especially of different species) living together but not necessarily in a relation beneficial to each |
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The American Heritage Science Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| 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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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Symbiotic
Sym`bi*ot"ic\, a. [Gr. ?.] (Biol.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, or living in, a state of symbiosis. -- Sym`bi*ot"ic*al, a. -- Sym`bi*ot"ic*al*ly, adv.
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