See Also: syntrophy(medicine)
syntrophy(dictionary)

syntrophy (iou)



syntrophy noun. L19.
[from SYN- + -TROPHY.]
Biology. A relationship between individuals of two different species etc. (now usu., two bacterial strains) in which one or (usu.) both benefit nutritionally from the presence of the other.
syntrophic adjective M20.
syn'trophism noun = SYNTROPHY M20.