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metabiosis

[ met-uh-bahy-oh-sis ]

noun

, Biology.
  1. a mode of living in which one organism is dependent on another for preparation of an environment in which it can live.


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Other Words From

  • met·a·bi·ot·ic [met-, uh, -bahy-, ot, -ik], adjective
  • meta·bi·oti·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of metabiosis1

First recorded in 1895–1900; meta- + -biosis
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Example Sentences

It led him to an even more fertile suggestion, that of metabiosis.

He also showed that metabiosis played an important part in nitrification.

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