Medical Term:
antibiosis
Pronunciation: an′tē-bī-ō′sis
Definition:
- An association of two organisms that is detrimental to one of them, in contrast to probiosis.
- Production of an antibiotic by bacteria or other organisms inhibitory to other living things, especially among soil microbes.
[anti- + G. biōsis, life]
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Examples: glitazone, GI cocktail, etc.
