meta·bi·o·sis
n, pl -o*ses : a mode of life in which one organism so depends on another that it cannot flourish unless the latter precedes and influences the environment favorably meta*bi*ot*ic adj meta*bi*ot*i*cal*ly adv
Similar sounding terms: me·tab·a·sis
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