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autoecism

Variant of autoecious

adjective

Biol. passing the entire life cycle on one host, as certain parasites do, esp. rust fungi

Origin: auto- + Gr oikos, house (see economy) + -ous

Related Forms:

autoeciously adverb
autoecism noun

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