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endosymbiosis

Pronunciation: /ˌɛndəʊˌsɪmbɪˈəʊsɪs, -bʌɪ-/
Definition of endosymbiosis

noun

[mass noun] Biology
  • symbiosis in which one of the symbiotic organisms lives inside the other.

Derivatives

endosymbiont

noun

endosymbiotic

adjective

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Definition of endosymbiosis in the US English dictionary

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