parabiosis

English

From para- +‎ -biosis.

parabiosis (countable and uncountable, plural parabioses)

(physiology) 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.
- 2019, Ed. B. Parekkadan et al., Stem Cell Bioengineering:
  Parabiosis is the condition of more than one living organism joined ..., with ... circulatory fluids being exchanged among the parabionts.
- 2017 Cosima in "Manacled Slim Wrists", Orphan Black
  Mud, parabiosis means that he is processing young blood and transfusing it.
The fusion of two embryos to form conjoined twins
- 2019, Ed. B. Parekkadan et al., Stem Cell Bioengineering:
  Conjoined identical twins... could be thought of as parabionts.
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. ^[1]
(ecology, ethology) 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.^[2]
(medicine) An alien form of life within an organism, commonly invasive, such as a growing cancer.
- 1873, Walter Moxon, Guy's Hospital Reports, 3rd series, Vol XVIII [1]
  …the fever sperm coming into ... the living frame ... is able to create a sort of other life or parabiosis within it ....

^ “parabiosis”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
^ Gordh, G & Headrick, D. H. A Dictionary of Entomology. CABI 2001. →ISBN

From para- +‎ -biosis.

parabiosis f (plural parabiosis)