biology
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(noun) the science that studies living organisms |
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Synonyms: biological science |
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Related Words: biogeography, bionomics, botany, cytology, ecology, embryology, environmental science, forestry, genetic science, genetics, histology, life science, microbiology, molecular biology, morphology, neurobiology, neuroscience, palaeobiology, paleobiology, physiology, phytology, sociobiology, zoological science, zoology |
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(noun) characteristic life processes and phenomena of living organisms: "the biology of viruses" |
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Related Words: life |
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(noun) all the plant and animal life of a particular region |
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Synonyms: biota |
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Related Words: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection |
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