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antibiosis

an·ti·bi·o·sis [ àntee bī ṓssiss, àntī bī ṓssiss ]


noun 
Definition:
 
harmful relationship between organisms: a relationship between organisms that is harmful to one of them, e.g. the production by one microorganism of chemicals that harm another

[Late 19th century. <anti-, after symbiosis]
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