See Also: commensal(medicine)
Commensal(health)
commensal(dictionary)
commensal parasite(medicine)

patterning (iou) and commensal (medicine)


patterning (iou)



patterning noun. M19.
[from PATTERN + -ING1.]
The style or arrangement of patterns; patterns collectively. M19.
G. Rawlinson The patterning of the pillars with chevrons.
The action of arranging things into a pattern; the fact of forming a pattern. E20.
I. Watt The narrator's patterning of the ideas.

commensal (medicine)


commensal


1. <biology> Living on or within another organism and deriving benefit without injuring or benefiting the Other individual.

2. An organism living on or within another, but not causing injury to the host.