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Bio
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
Example Sentences
- Diverting land from food crops to making bio diesel however efficiently, doesn't seem credible to me.
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Word Origin & History
bio-
from Gk. bio-, comb. form of bios "one's life, course or way of living, lifetime" (as opposed to zoe "animal life, organic life"), from PIE base *gweie- "to live" (cf. Skt. jivah "alive, living;" O.E. cwic "alive;" L. vivus "living, alive," vita "life;" M.Pers. zhiwak "alive;" O.C.S. zivo "to live;"
EXPANDLith. gyvas "living, alive;" O.Ir. bethu "life," bith "age;" Welsh byd "world"). Equivalent of L. vita. The correct usage is that in biography, but in modern science it has been extended to mean "organic life."
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
bio- or bi-
pref.
Life; living organism: biology.
Biology; biological: biophysics.
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American Heritage
Abbreviations & Acronyms
bio
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| BIO Biotechnology Industry Organization |
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