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1882 Academy 4 Feb. 86/2 Prof. Moseley..expresses the view that the chlorophyllaceous corpuscles.., long known as constituents of the living substance of large Foraminifera, are symbiotic algae.

1894 F. W. Oliver et al. tr. A. Kerner von Marilaun Nat. Hist. Plants I. 254 Animals and Plants considered as a great symbiotic community.

1900 J. Hutchinson in Archives Surg. XI. 224 The tubercle bacillus is probably present in symbiotic and often latent union with the tissues.

1951 R. Firth Elements Social Organization i. 10 It is most evident in the case of an African tribe having its members living intermingled with those of other tribes and in symbiotic relationship with them.

1956 Psychiatric Research Rep. No. 3. 8 A therapeutic move of considerable importance in such a situation is for the physician to function as the other half of the patient's ‘symbiotic’ system.

1962 Lancet 19 May 1033/2 The human infant in its first year is more precariously placed than has hitherto been appreciated since mother and child form a symbiotic union.

1970 Nature 6 June 905/1 Throughout its auspicious history the Botanical Society of Edinburgh has had a symbiotic relationship with the Royal Botanic Garden.

1979 W. Styron Sophie's Choice vi. 150 Höss eventually developed what might be called a fruitful—or at least symbiotic—relationship with the man who was to remain his immediate superior.