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Found 1 definition: antibiosis.

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Pos: Noun
[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Noun antibiosis has 1 senses

   antibiosis(n = noun.group) - an association between organisms that is harmful to one of them or between organisms and a metabolic product of another;
is a kind of
association


[OXFORD DICTIONARY]

antibiosis, n. an antagonistic association between two organisms (esp. micro-organisms), in which one is adversely affected (cf. SYMBIOSIS).

Etymology:
mod.L f. F antibiose (as ANTI-, SYMBIOSIS)