Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

endosymbiotic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.45 in modern English

Syllables: en-dosym-bi-ot-ic
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to endosymbiosis.

adj

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

Example Sentences

"The person perhaps most responsible for resurrecting and then establishing the serial endosymbiotic theory, thus creating the new field of endocytobiology, is Lynn Margulis, one of the world's foremost authorities on the evolutionary biology of the microbial world and a cofounder with Max Taylor of the Society for Evolutionary Protistology."
"The endosymbiotic theory, as it came to be known, rewrote the history of life."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥dóm Proto-Hellenic *éndon Ancient Greek ἔνδον (éndon)der. English endo- English symbiotic English endosymbiotic From endo- + symbiotic.

Derived Forms

endosymbiotically

Phrases

endosymbiotic theory

Frequently Paired Words

endosymbiont endosymbiosis endosymbiotic theory symbiosis symbiotic

Questions

What does endosymbiotic mean?: Of or pertaining to endosymbiosis.
Where does endosymbiotic come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥dóm Proto-Hellenic *éndon Ancient Greek ἔνδον (éndon)der. English endo- English symbiotic English endosymbiotic From endo- + symbiotic.

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