antibiosis

noun

an association between organisms that is harmful to one of them or between organisms and a metabolic product of another

Roots

antianti- · Greek · against biosbi- · Greek · life osis-osis · Greek · condition, process

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The word antibiosis breaks down into 3 roots of Greek origin: anti-, from Greek anti (“against”); bi, from Greek bios (“life”); and -osis, from Greek osis (“condition, process”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.