Biology

Etymology

 * a (modern coinage), with components derived from  βίος: + -λογία:. The term (rather, analogous terms) arose in various European languages c. 1800, but the term *βίολογία did not exist in Ancient Greek.

Noun

 * 1) The study of all life or living matter
 * 2) The living organisms of a particular region.
 * 3) The structure, function, and behavior of an organism or type of organism.

Thesaurus
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

Derived terms

 * actinobiology
 * aerobiology
 * agrobiology
 * astrobiology
 * chemical biology
 * chronobiology
 * cryobiology
 * developmental biology
 * electrobiology
 * evolutionary biology
 * evolutionary developmental biology
 * exobiology
 * forensic biology
 * geobiology


 * geomicrobiology
 * glycobiology
 * hydrobiology
 * immunobiology
 * macrobiology
 * marine biology
 * microbiology
 * molecular biology
 * neurobiology
 * nonbiology
 * palaeobiology
 * paleobiology
 * pathobiology
 * photobiology


 * phytobiology
 * psychobiology
 * radiation biology
 * radiobiology
 * sociobiology
 * soil microbiology
 * space biology
 * structural biology
 * synthetic biology
 * synthetic-biology
 * systems biology
 * xenobiology

Related terms

 * biological
 * biologically
 * biologic
 * biologism
 * biologist
 * biologize