- biology
- nounADJECTIVE▪ cellular, developmental, environmental, evolutionary, marine, molecular, population, reproductive▪ cell, human, plant, wildlife▪ conservation▪ modern
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Biology — • The science on life and living organisms Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Biology Biology † … Catholic encyclopedia
Biology — Gir … Википедия
Biology — adulticide amygdala hijack assisted migration beehacker biofraud biometrics biomimicry bionomics … New words
Biology — Bi*ol o*gy, n. [Gr. bi os life + logy: cf. F. biologie.] The science of life; that branch of knowledge which treats of living matter as distinct from matter which is not living; the study of living tissue. It has to do with the origin, structure … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
biology — biology, philosophy of … Philosophy dictionary
biology — 1819, from Gk. bios life (see BIO (Cf. bio )) + LOGY (Cf. logy). Suggested 1802 by German naturalist Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus (1776 1837), and introduced as a scientific term that year in French by Lamarck … Etymology dictionary
biology — ► NOUN 1) the scientific study of living organisms. 2) the plants and animals of a particular area. 3) the features of a particular organism or class of organisms. DERIVATIVES biologist noun … English terms dictionary
biology — [bī äl′ə jē] n. [< Fr or Ger: Fr biologie < Ger; coined (1802) by G. Reinhold (Treviranus), Ger physiologist < Gr bios (see BIO ) + logia, LOGY] 1. the science that deals with the origin, history, physical characteristics, life processes … English World dictionary
Biology — For other uses, see Biology (disambiguation). Biology deals with the study of the many varieties of living organisms. Cloc … Wikipedia
biology — /buy ol euh jee/, n. 1. the science of life or living matter in all its forms and phenomena, esp. with reference to origin, growth, reproduction, structure, and behavior. 2. the living organisms of a region: the biology of Pennsylvania. 3. the… … Universalium
biology — [[t]baɪɒ̱ləʤi[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT Biology is the science which is concerned with the study of living things. Derived words: biologist [[t]baɪɒ̱ləʤɪst[/t]] plural N COUNT ...biologists studying the fruit fly. 2) N UNCOUNT: the N of n, supp N The… … English dictionary
