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endobiotic

[ en-doh-bahy-ot-ik ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to an organism that exists as a parasite or symbiont entirely within the tissues of a host organism.


noun

  1. any such parasitic or symbiotic organism.

endobiotic

/ ˌɛndəʊbaɪˈɒtɪk /

adjective

  1. formed within a host cell
“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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Word History and Origins

Origin of endobiotic1

First recorded in 1895–1900; endo- + biotic

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