parabiosis
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parabiosis (countable and uncountable, plural parabioses)
- (physiology) 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.
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- 2017 Cosima in "Manacled Slim Wrists", Orphan Black
- Mud, parabiosis means that he is processing young blood and transfusing it.
- 2017 Cosima in "Manacled Slim Wrists", Orphan Black
- The fusion of two embryos to form conjoined twins
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- 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. [1]
- (ecology, ethology) 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.[2]
- (medicine) An alien form of life within an organism, commonly invasive, such as a growing cancer.
- 1873, Walter Moxon, Guy's Hospital Reports, 3rd series, Vol XVIII [2]
- …the fever sperm coming into ... the living frame ... is able to create a sort of other life or parabiosis within it ....
- 1873, Walter Moxon, Guy's Hospital Reports, 3rd series, Vol XVIII [2]
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parabiosis f (plural parabiosis)