biology
The study of all life or living matter.
Noun 3 meanings
The study of all life or living matter.
“Near-synonyms: life science, life sciences; see also Thesaurus:biology”
The living organisms of a particular region.
The structure, function, and behavior of an organism or type of organism.
“the biology of the whale”
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin biologia (1766), itself from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “bio-, life”) + -λογία (-logía, “-logy, branch of study, to speak”). By surface analysis, bio- + -logy. In English, first attested in the modern meaning in the work of English physician Thomas Beddoes in 1799.
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BIOLOGY at a glance
BIOLOGY has 7 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (B 3 + I 1 + O 1 + L 1 + O 1 + G 2 + Y 4) and 15 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,832 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with biology
All rhymes- TECHNOLOGY19
- PSYCHOLOGY24
- APOLOGY13
- IDEOLOGY13
- THEOLOGY15
- TRILOGY11
- METHODOLOGY21
- SOCIOLOGY15
- GEOLOGY12
- ECOLOGY13
- ANALOGY11
- TERMINOLOGY17
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