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The (natural or surgical) union of parts of two organisms, especially in such a way as to cause them to share their vascular systems. Organisms so joined then are called parabionts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, physiology, sciences
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- 2017 Cosima in "Manacled Slim Wrists", Orphan Black Mud, parabiosis means that he is processing young blood and transfusing it.
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The fusion of two embryos to form conjoined twins
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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A transient physiological state of suspension of obvious vital activities such as to enable an organism to escape the notice of its enemies or to conserve its energy.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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A form of symbiosis, typically among ants, in which different species share common nest galleries but maintain distinct broods and do not practice mutualism other than incidentally.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: ethology
Topics: biology, ecology, natural-sciences
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An alien form of life within an organism, commonly invasive, such as a growing cancer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
Examples
- 1873, Walter Moxon, Guy's Hospital Reports, 3rd series, Vol XVIII https://archive.org/details/3reportsguy18guysuoft ...the fever sperm coming into ... the living frame ... is able to create a sort of other life or parabiosis within it ....
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