antibiosis

antibiosis definition - medical

an·ti·bi·o·sis (ănˌtē-bī-ōˈsĭs, ănˌtī-)

noun
  1. An association between two or more organisms that is detrimental to at least one of them.
  2. The antagonistic association between an organism and the metabolic substances produced by another.

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