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单词 metabiosis
释义

metabiosis

[ met-uh-bahy-oh-sis ]
/ ˌmɛt ə baɪˈoʊ sɪs /

noun Biology.

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

Origin of metabiosis

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

OTHER WORDS FROM metabiosis

met·a·bi·ot·ic [met-uh-bahy-ot-ik], /ˌmɛt ə baɪˈɒt ɪk/, adjectivemet·a·bi·ot·i·cal·ly, adverb

Words nearby metabiosis

Mesurol, mesylate, met, meta, metabasis, metabiosis, metabisulfite test, metabolic, metabolic acidosis, metabolic alkalosis, metabolic coma
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Example sentences from the Web for metabiosis

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

    Makers of British Botany; a collection of biographies by living botanists|Various

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

    Makers of British Botany; a collection of biographies by living botanists|Various

Medical definitions for metabiosis

metabiosis
[ mĕt′ə-bī-ō′sĭs ]

n.

Dependence of one organism on another for the preparation of an environment in which it can live.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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