biology

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: bi=ol=o=gy
• COUNT in NET: 1 in 1 verses (in OT : 1 in 1 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

biology, 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, development, function, and distribution of animals and plants.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

biology, n.
1 the study of living organisms.
2 the plants and animals of a particular area.

Derivative

biologist n.

Etymology

F biologie f. G Biologie (as BIO-, -LOGY)

THESAURUS

biology

aerobiology, agrobiology, anatomy, animal physiology, anthropology, astrobiology, bacteriology, biochemics, biochemistry, biochemy, bioecology, biological science, biometrics, biometry, bionics, bionomics, biophysics, botany, cell physiology, comparative anatomy, conchology, cryobiology, cybernetics, cytology, ecology, electrobiology, embryology, entomology, enzymology, ethnobiology, ethology, exobiology, genetics, gnotobiotics, helminthology, herpetology, ichthyology, life science, malacology, mammalogy, microbiology, molecular biology, ornithology, pharmacology, physiology, protozoology, radiobiology, taxidermy, taxonomy, virology, xenobiology, zoogeography, zoography, zoology, zoonomy, zoopathology, zoophysics, zootaxy, zootomy

ROGET THESAURUS

biology

Organization

N organization, organized world, organized nature, living nature, animated nature, living beings, organic remains, fossils, protoplasm, cytoplasm, protein, albumen, structure, organization, organism, biology, natural history, organic chemistry, anatomy, physiology, zoology, botany, microbiology, virology, bacteriology, mycology, naturalist, archegenesis, antherozoid, bioplasm, biotaxy, chromosome, dysmeromorph, ecology, oecology, erythroblast, gametangium, gamete, germinal matter, invagination, isogamy, oogamy, karyaster, macrogamete, microgamete, metabolism, anabolism, catabolism, metaplasm, ontogeny, ovary, ovum, oxidation, phylogeny, polymorphism, protozoa, spermary, spermatozoon, trophoplasm, vacuole, vertebration, zoogloea, zygote, Darwinism, neo-Darwinism, Lamarkism, neoLamarkism, Weismannism, morphology, taxonomy, organic, organized, karyoplasmic, unsegmentic, vacuolar, zoogloeic, zoogloeoid.

Life

N life, vitality, viability, animation, vital spark, vital flame, soul, spirit, respiration, wind, breath of life, breath of one's nostrils, oxygen, air, respirator, artificial respirator, heart and lung machine, iron lung, medical devices, lifeblood, Archeus, existence, vivification, vital force, vitalization, revivification, Prometheus, life to come, physiology, biology, animal ecology, nourishment, staff of life, genetics, heredity, inheritance, evolution, natural selection, reproduction (production), microbe, aerobe, anaerobe, facultative anaerobe, obligate aerobe, obligate anaerobe, halophile, methanogen, archaebacteria, microaerophile, animal, vegetable, artificial life, robot, robotics, artificial intelligence, breathing, breathing rate, heartbeat, pulse, temperature, preservation of life, healing (medicine), living, alive, in life, in the flesh, in the land of the living, on this side of the grave, above ground, breathing, quick, animated, animative, lively, all alive and kicking, tenacious of life, full of life, yeasty, vital, vitalic, vivifying, vivified viable, zoetic, Promethean, vivendi causa, atqui vivere militare est, non est vivere sed valere vita.