Words Containing: A,B,I,O,S,I,S

• infection by a disease-causing ameba

• shedding of flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of scar tissue in a plant

• the act of cutting something off

• 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.

• The fusion of two embryos to form conjoined twins

• 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.

• 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.

• An alien form of life within an organism, commonly invasive, such as a growing cancer.

• A malaria-like parasitic disease caused by Babesia, a genus of protozoa

• an adherent of Satan or Satanism

• an association between organisms that is harmful to one of them or between organisms and a metabolic product of another