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endosymbiosis

[ en-doh-sim-bee-oh-sis, -bahy- ]

noun

, Biology.
  1. symbiosis in which one symbiont lives within the body of the other.


endosymbiosis

/ ˌɛndəʊˌsɪmbɪˈəʊsɪs /

noun

  1. a type of symbiosis in which one organism lives inside the other, the two typically behaving as a single organism. It is believed to be the means by which such organelles as mitochondria and chloroplasts arose within eukaryotic cells
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌendoˌsymbiˈotic, adjective
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Other Words From

  • en·do·sym·bi·ot·ic [en-doh-sim-bee-, ot, -ik, -bahy-], adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of endosymbiosis1

First recorded in 1935–40; endo- + symbiosis

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