endobiotic

endobiotic
/en'doh buy ot"ik/, Biol.
adj.
1. of or pertaining to an organism that exists as a parasite or symbiont entirely within the tissues of a host organism.
n.
2. any such parasitic or symbiotic organism.
[1895-1900; ENDO- + BIOTIC]

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