antibiosis

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Noun antibiosis has 1 sense

antibiosis - an association between organisms that is harmful to one of them or between organisms and a metabolic product of another
--₁ is a kind of association

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Antibiosis

Noun:

The physiological or chemical inhibition of the growth of a microorganism by the presence of another organism.

Example sentence: Antibiosis occurs when one organism produces substances that inhibit the growth of another organism.

Noun:

The antagonistic association between two organisms, in which one is harmed and the other benefits.

Example sentence: The relationship between parasites and their hosts is an example of antibiosis.

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