Word Type

Noun

The word "symbiosis" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

Symbionese aposymbiosis asymbiosis chemosymbiosis contingent symbiosis ectosymbiosis endosymbiosis episymbiosis exosymbiosis parasymbiosis photosymbiosis phylosymbiosis presymbiosis symbiology symbiosism symbiosome symbiotic

Derived From

sym

Context

biology ecology

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

interdependence interdependency mutuality

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

commensalism ectosymbiosis endosymbiosis mutualism parasitism

Type Of (IsA)

mutuality

Related Terms

semiosis symbiont symbiote

Related Terms

association benefit both close coöperation different interspecies member mutual organism prolong relationship semiosis species symbiont symbiote

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