-biosis

a combining form meaning “mode of life,” used in the formation of compound words: aerobiosis; parabiosis.

Origin:
< Greek bíōsis, equivalent to biō-, verbid stem of bioûn to live + -sis -sis; cf. anabiosis, symbiosis, on which subsequent coinages were probably modeled

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-biosis

—*n combining form*
	indicating a specified mode of life: symbiosis

[New Latin, from Greek biōsis; see bio-, -osis]

-biotic

—*adj combining form*

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-biosis suff.
A way of living: parabiosis.

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