epibiotic

epibiotic
/ep'euh buy ot"ik/, Biol.
adj.
1. of or pertaining to an organism that lives, usually parasitically, both on the surface and within the body of its host.
n.
2. any such organism, as certain fungi.
[1925-30; EPI- + BIOTIC]

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