an organism living symbiotically inside the cells or body of another
endosymbiont in American English
(ˌendouˈsɪmbiˌɑnt, -bai-)
noun
a symbiont that lives within the body of the host
Also: endosymbiote (ˌendouˈsɪmbiˌout, -bai-)
Word origin
[endo- + symbiont]endo- is a combining form meaning “within,” used in the formation of compound words. Otherwords that use the affix endo- include: endocentric, endocytosis, endogenous, endostyle, endothelium
Examples of 'endosymbiont' in a sentence
endosymbiont
An endosymbiont is a creature that lives inside another, to the advantage of both.