ampho-, amph-, amphi-

(Greek: around, about, both, on both sides of, both kinds)

amphotropism (s) (noun) (no pl)
The situation of a pathogen having a very large variety of hosts:In his book of biological terms, John came across the word amphotropism, a condition of a virus or a bacterium being able to infect multiple animal species, for example.

Related "around, round, surrounding" units: ambi-; circ-; circum-; cyclo-, -cycle; gyro-; peri-.