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antibiosis

antibiosis noun: an association between organisms that is detrimental (harmful) to one or more of them; especially that due to a metabolic substance produced by one of them.

Noun

antibiosis (countable and uncountable, plural antibioses)

  1. An association between organisms that is detrimental (harmful) to one or more of them; especially that due to a metabolic substance produced by one of them.

antibiosis meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Arabic

antibiosis in Tamil

உயிர்ப்பகைமை, எதிர் உயிரிகள், இயல்பான இனப்பகைத் தொடர்பு, எதிர்மறைத் தாக்குதல், நுண்ணுயிர்ப்பகைமை, உடன்வாழ்வொவ்வாமை

antibiosis in Urdu

ضَدِ حَیاتِیَت, ضَدِ زیستی

antibiosis in Arabic

an association between organisms that is detrimental to one of them
تَضَادّ حَيَوِيّ taḍādd ḥayawiyy

Forms of antibiosis

pluralantibioses

Origin of antibiosis

From anti- + -biosis.

Questions about antibiosis

What does antibiosis mean?
Antibiosis means an association between organisms that is detrimental (harmful) to one or more of them; especially that due to a metabolic substance produced by one of them.
What is antibiosis in Tamil?
Antibiosis in Tamil is உயிர்ப்பகைமை, எதிர் உயிரிகள், இயல்பான இனப்பகைத் தொடர்பு. See Antibiosis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is antibiosis?
Antibiosis is a noun.
What is the plural of antibiosis?
The plural of antibiosis is antibioses.

Words near antibiosis in the dictionary

  1. antibionts
  2. antibioprophylaxis
  3. antibioresistance
  4. antibioresistant
  5. antibioses
  6. antibiosis
  7. antibiotherapies
  8. antibiotherapy
  9. antibiotic
  10. antibiotical
  11. antibiotically

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