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ectobiotic

ectobiotic adjective: living on the outside of the tissues of a host.

Adjective

ectobiotic (not comparable)

  1. living on the outside of the tissues of a host

Origin of ectobiotic

From ecto- + -biotic.

Questions about ectobiotic

What does ectobiotic mean?
Ectobiotic means living on the outside of the tissues of a host.
What part of speech is ectobiotic?
Ectobiotic is an adjective.

Words near ectobiotic in the dictionary

  1. ectoATPase
  2. ectobiid
  3. ectobiids
  4. ectobiont
  5. ectobionts
  6. ectobiotic
  7. ectoblast
  8. ectoblaster
  9. ectoblasters
  10. ectoblastic
  11. ectoblasts

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