presymbiosis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The stage in the development of an organism during which the necessary biochemical changes are made to allow a move from asymbiosis to symbiosis

Word forms

presymbiosis

Etymology

From pre- + symbiosis.

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