Etymology

antibiosis

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Today it means: An association between organisms that is detrimental (harmful) to one or more of them; especially that due to a metabolic substance produced by one of them. Full definition →

English anti- ← Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-) ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
  5. Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
  6. Englishanti-
  7. English todayantibiosis

From anti- + -biosis.

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