endosymbiotic

English

Etymology

From endo- +‎ symbiotic.

Adjective

endosymbiotic

1. Of or pertaining to endosymbiosis.
   • 2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 91:

     The endosymbiotic theory, as it came to be known, rewrote the history of life.

2. That lives within a body or cells of another organism. Forming an endosymbiosis.

Related terms

• endosymbiont
• endosymbiosis
• endosymbiotic theory
• symbiosis
• symbiotic