the successful establishment of a plant or animal in a new locality
Origin of ecesis
from Classical Greek oik?sis, act of dwelling, residence from oikein, to inhabit from oikos, house (see eco-) + -sis, feminine suffix of actionecesis
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ecesis
noun
The successful establishment of a plant or animal species in a habitat.
Origin of ecesis
From Greek oikēsis inhabitation from oikein to dwell from oikos house ; see weik-1 in Indo-European roots.THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(uncountable)
- (ecology) The process of successful establishment of a plant or animal species in a habitat that was barren previously/ or was left barren due to some catastrophe.
Origin
From Ancient Greek οἴκισις (oikisis, “colonization”).
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ecesis - Medical Definition
n.
The successful establishment of a plant or animal species in a habitat.
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