| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | bi·ol·o·gy |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b - l  -j |
| NOUN: | 1. 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. 2. The life processes or characteristic phenomena of a group or category of living organisms: the biology of viruses. 3. The plant and animal life of a specific area or region. | | ETYMOLOGY: | German Biologie : Greek bio-, bio- + Greek -logi , -logy. | | OTHER FORMS: | bi·olo·gist —NOUN
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