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bi·ol·o·gy

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–noun

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 biological phenomena characteristic of an organism or a group of organisms: the biology of a worm.

[Origin: 1805–15; < G Biologie. See bio-, -logy

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bi·ol·o·gy Audio Help (bī-ŏl'ə-jē) Pronunciation Key
n.

The science of life and of living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, and distribution. It includes botany and zoology and all their subdivisions.
The life processes or characteristic phenomena of a group or category of living organisms: the biology of viruses.
The plant and animal life of a specific area or region.

[German Biologie : Greek bio-, bio- + Greek -logiā, -logy.]

bi·ol'o·gist n.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
biology

1819, from Ger., from Gk. bios "life" (see bio-) + logia "study of." Suggested 1802 by Ger. naturalist G. Reinhold Treviranus and introduced as a scientific term that year in Fr. by Lamarck. Biological clock first recorded 1955. Biodegradable first attested 1961. Biorhythm is from 1960. Biochemistry is 1881; biofeedback is 1970; bioethics is 1971, from V.R. Potter's book of that name.

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biology
noun
1.	the science that studies living organisms
2.	characteristic life processes and phenomena of living organisms; "the biology of viruses"
3.	all the plant and animal life of a particular region [syn: biota]

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
biology [baiˈolədʒi] noun

the science of living things
Example: human biology; (also adjective) a biology lesson

Arabic:	بيولوجيا: عِلْمِ الأَحْياء
Chinese (Simplified):	生物学
Chinese (Traditional):	生物學
Czech:	biologie; biologický
Danish:	biologi
Dutch:	biologie
Estonian:	bioloogia
Finnish:	biologia
French:	(de) biologie
German:	die Biologie
Greek:	βιολογία
Hungarian:	biológia
Icelandic:	líffræði
Indonesian:	biologi
Italian:	biologia

Japanese:	生物学
Korean:	생물학
Latvian:	bioloģija; bioloģijas-
Lithuanian:	biologija
Norwegian:	biologi
Polish:	biologia
Portuguese (Brazil):	biologia
Portuguese (Portugal):	biologia
Romanian:	(de) biologie
Russian:	биология
Slovak:	biológia; biologický
Slovenian:	biologija
Spanish:	biología
Swedish:	biologi
Turkish:	biyoloji

See also: biological warfare

The American Heritage Science Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

biology Audio Help (bī-ŏl'ə-jē) Pronunciation Key
The scientific study of life and of living organisms. Botany, zoology, and ecology are all branches of biology.

American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
biology

The study of life and living systems.

[Chapter:] Life Sciences

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Biology

Bi*ol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ? 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, development, function, and distribution of animals and plants.

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