antibiosis
an·ti·bi·o·sis
noun \-bī-ˈō-səs, -bē-\Definition of ANTIBIOSIS
: antagonistic association between organisms to the detriment of one of them or between one organism and a metabolic product of another
Origin of ANTIBIOSIS
New Latin
First Known Use: 1889
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