syn-, sy-, sym-, syl-, sys-
(Greek: with, together with; also by extension: united; same, similar; at the same time)
cionectomy, kionectomy
The surgical removal of all or part of the uvula.
conjunctive symbiosis
A symbiosis characterized by the bodily union between the symbionts.
dissymmetrical
dyssymmetry
Lack of symmetry.
ectosymbiont
An organism that lives on the surface of another organism to the benefit of both; such as, any of the microbes that normally live on the skin.
ectosymbiont
Symbiosis in which one symbiont lives on the outside of the body of the other.
ectosymbiosis
Symbiosis between two organisms which are physically separated from each other.
Symbiosis refers to an organism interaction where one organism lives in intimate association with another one.
ectosymbiotic
A reference to an organism living on the surface of another organism.
endosymbiont
1. A symbiont that lives within the body of the host.
2. An organism which lives within the body of another organism (its host) as part of an endosymbiotic relationship.
endosymbiont
A reference to a symbiosis in which one symbiont lives within the body of another as green algae in Hydra or Convoluta.
endosymbiosis
1. Symbiosis in which one organism lives inside the body of another and both function as a single organism.
2. A symbiotic relationship between two organisms in which one of the two organisms (the endosymbiont) lives inside the body of the other one (the host).
endosymbiotic
1. A reference to, or pertaining to, endosymbiosis.
2. That which lives within a body, or cells, of another organism; forming an endosymbiosis.
heterosymbiont
A reference to a symbiotic association of several members, particularly of a lichen containing several species of algae.
holosystole
holosystoli
Related-word units meaning same:
auto-;
equ-;
homeo-;
homo-;
iso-;
pari-;
peer-;
tauto-.
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