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.
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