| 释义 |
para·biosis
\|parə+\ noun
(plural parabioses)
Etymology: New Latin, from para- (I) + biosis
1.
a. : reversible suspension of obvious vital activities (as by suitable drying of a rotifer)
b. : the temporary suppression of excitability in a nerve
2. : the anatomical and physiological union of two organisms either natural (as in Siamese twins) or artificially produced
3. : a condition in which members of two or more species live close to one another without conflict although maintaining separate colonies — used especially of ants |