抗こう生せい

noun

antibiosis

A biological term referring to the antagonistic association between organisms where one is harmed or inhibited by the other. Often encountered in the compound 抗生物質 (antibiotic substance).

• 抗こう生せいは、ある微び生せい物ぶつが他ほかの微び生せい物ぶつの生せい育いくを阻そ害がいする現げん象しょうを指さす。

  Antibiosis refers to the phenomenon where one microorganism inhibits the growth of another.

• 「抗こう生せい物ぶっ質しつ」という言こと葉ばは、抗こう生せいの概がい念ねんに基もとづいている。

  The term 'antibiotic substance' is based on the concept of antibiosis.