SYMBIOSIS

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1894 · p. 26

(Lat.), n. f. Siam(su6m) bi2-os'ias. Gen., -os'eos (-is). Gr., (rvju/3iWts (from avupiovv, to live with). Fr., symbiose. Ger., Symbiose. The normal a ociation of di imilar organisms, on account of their being mutually serviceable. [B; o, 35.] Cf. CoMMENSALISM. [s. 577]