The meaning of -PHORESIS is transmission. How to use -phoresis in a sentence.

Phoresis or phoresy is a temporary commensalistic relationship when an organism (a phoront or phoretic) attaches itself to a host organism solely for travel.

Phoresis is a form of symbiosis in which no physiologic interaction or dependency is involved. Both commensalism and phoresis can be considered spatial, rather ...

phoresis definition: indicating a transmission. See examples of -PHORESIS used in a sentence.

noun an association in which one animal clings to another to ensure movement from place to place, as some mites use some insects.

Noun. phoresis (uncountable) Delivery or movement of a substance by means of an agent.

[Gr. phorēsis, being borne] Suffix meaning transmission. Citation. Venes, Donald, editor. "-phoresis." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., ...

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun phoresis. See 'Meaning & use' for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

[Gr. phorēsis, being borne] Suffix meaning transmission. Citation. Venes, Donald, editor. "-phoresis." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., ...