antibiosis
noun
an·ti·bi·o·sis ˌan-tē-bī-ˈō-səs 
-bē-,
ˌan-ˌtī- : antagonistic association between organisms to the detriment of one of them or between one organism and a metabolic product of another
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from French antibiose, from anti- anti- + -biose (in symbiose symbiosis)
Note: French antibiose and the corresponding adjective antibiotique were introduced by the French mycologist Jean-Paul Guillemin (1861-1932) in "Antibiose et symbiose," a paper read to the French Association for the Advancement of the Sciences on August 11, 1889 (Association française pour l'avancement des sciences, Compte rendu de la 18me session, Paris, 1889, 2. partie, Notes et Mémoires, Paris, 1890), pp. 525-43.
First Known Use
1889, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
antibiosis
noun
an·ti·bi·o·sis ˌant-i-bī-ˈō-səs, ˌan-ˌtī-; ˌant-i-bē-
plural antibioses -ˌsēz
: antagonistic association between organisms to the detriment of one of them or between one organism and a metabolic product of another
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- intaglioed
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- intagliotype
- intake
- intake manifold
- intake stroke
- intakes
- intaking
- intangibilities
- intangibility
- intangible
- intangible assets
- intangibleness
- intangiblenesses
- intangibles
- intangibly
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