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- pronunciation:
- sIm
baI
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sihs
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sIm
bi
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sihs
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
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symbioses |
| definition: |
a close association, usu. a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms.
Algae and fungi sometimes live in symbiosis, with algae providing food that fungi can not make, and fungi providing algae with water they need to live. |
adjective + (n.)symbiosis
academic,
complete,
complex,
cultural,
driving,
ecological,
essential,
evolutionary,
facultative,
fungal,
grand,
happy,
harmonious,
ideological,
industrial,
intimate,
living,
odd,
remarkable,
specific,
symbiotic,
uneasy,
viable
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verb + (n.)symbiosis
achieve, engage, engender, establish, evolve, exist, facilitate, progress, recognize, represent, study, view
noun + (n.)symbiosis
autonomy,
belief,
benefit,
combination,
cooperation,
coral,
definition,
dynamics,
evolution,
example,
fungus,
host,
image,
impact,
infant,
justice,
kind,
nature,
obligate,
organism,
plant,
politician,
relation,
religion,
researcher,
root,
sort,
strain,
subordination,
type
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| derivations: |
symbiotic (adj.), symbiotically (adv.) |
The word symbiosis
contains the following parts:
sym-
Greek
prefix
that means with, together with
  More about this word part:
The prefix sym-
occurs in Greek loanwords and hence attaches to Greek bases. It is an assimilated form of syn- used before roots beginning with b, p, and m, such as "bio, bi, -be", "path, patho, -pathic, -pathy", and "metr, -meter, -metry". See syn- and its other assimilated forms syl- and sys-.
Example words:
asymmetry, asymptote, symbiosis, symbol, symbology, symmetry, sympathize, sympathy, symphony, symphysis, symposium, symptom, symptomatology, syzygy
bio, bi, -be
Greek
root
that means life, living, living things
Example words:
abiogenesis, abiotic, aerobatics, aerobe, aerobic, aerobics, aerobiology, agrobiology, amphibian, amphibious, anabiosis, anaerobe, anaerobic, antibiosis, autobiography, bioastronautics, biochemistry, biocide, biodegradable, bioengineering, biofeedback, biogeography, biography, biohazard, biological, biology, bioluminescence, biomass, biomedicine, biometrics, bionics, biophysics, biopsy, biorhythm, biosphere, biotic, biotin, exobiology, macrobiotics, microbe, microbiology, molecular biology, parabiosis, psychobiology, radiobiology, sociobiology, symbiosis
-osis
Greek
noun-forming suffix
that means condition (usually medical)
More about this word part:
The suffix -osis
attaches to Greek roots. Many nouns ending in "-osis
" have a corresponding adjective form ending in -otic (neurosis
: neurotic).
Example words:
antibiosis, arteriosclerosis, autohypnosis, chlorosis, cyanosis, dermatosis, fibrosis, hypnosis, necrosis, neurosis, osteoporosis, psychosis, sclerosis, symbiosis, thrombosis, trichinosis, tuberculosis, zoonosis
-otic
Greek
adjective-forming suffix
that means having or related to (a condition or state)
More about this word part:
The suffix -otic
attaches to Greek roots to form adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in "-osis."
Example words:
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