Definition of "endosymbiotic" [endosymbiotic]

• Of or pertaining to endosymbiosis. (adjective)
• That lives within a body or cells of another organism. Forming an endosymbiosis. (adjective)

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• "What's interesting about this study is that it challenges a widely held hypothesis that Eucarya arose out of the fusion of a bacterium with an archaeon (also known as the endosymbiotic origin of the nucleus, not to be confused with the endosymbiotic origin of mitochondria and chloroplasts)."
• ""We figure it's some kind of endosymbiotic infection.""
• "Should we dismiss her work on the endosymbiotic theory because of her other views?"