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> I'll say just one word and that word is...
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> symbiotic
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sym·bi·o·sis /ˌsɪmbiˈoʊsɪs, -baɪ-/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[sim-bee-oh-sis, -bahy-] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun, plural -ses /-siz/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[-seez] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation.
1. Biology. a. the living together of two dissimilar organisms, as in mutualism, commensalism, amensalism, or parasitism.
b. (formerly) mutualism (def. 1).
2. Psychiatry. a relationship between two people in which each person is dependent upon and receives reinforcement, whether beneficial or detrimental, from the other.
3. Psychoanalysis. the relationship between an infant and its mother in which the infant is dependent on the mother both physically and emotionally.
4. any interdependent or mutually beneficial relationship between two persons, groups, etc.
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[Origin: 1615–25; < Gk symbíōsis, equiv. to sym- sym- + biō (var. s. of bioûn to live) + -sis -sis]
—Related forms
sym·bi·ot·ic /ˌsɪmbiˈɒtɪk, -baɪ-/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[sim-bee-ot-ik, -bahy-] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation sym·bi·ot·i·cal, adjective
sym·bi·ot·i·cal·ly, adverb
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