sym·bi·o·sis
[sim-bee-oh-sis, -bahy-] Show IPA
noun, plural sym·bi·o·ses [-seez] Show IPA .
1.
Biology .
a.
the living together of two dissimilar organisms, as inmutualism, commensalism, amensalism, or parasitism.
b.
2.
Psychiatry. a relationship between two people in which eachperson is dependent upon and receives reinforcement, whetherbeneficial or detrimental, from the other.
3.
Psychoanalysis . the relationship between an infant and itsmother in which the infant is dependent on the mother bothphysically and emotionally.
4.
any interdependent or mutually beneficial relationship betweentwo persons, groups, etc.