Biocellate
(Bi*oc"el*late) a. [L. bis twice + ocellatus. See Ocellated.] (Zoöl.) Having two ocelli (eyelike
spots); — said of a wing, etc.
Biochemistry
(Bi`o*chem"is*try) n. [Gr. life + E. chemistry.] (Biol.) The chemistry of living organisms; the
chemistry of the processes incidental to, and characteristic of, life.
Biodynamics
(Bi`o*dy*nam"ics) n. [Gr. life + E. dynamics.] (Biol.) The doctrine of vital forces or
energy.
Biogen
(Bi"o*gen) n. [Gr. life + -gen.] (Biol.) Bioplasm.
Biogenesis
(Bi`o*gen"e*sis Bi*og"e*ny) n. life + , , birth.]—> (Biol.) (a) A doctrine that the genesis
or production of living organisms can take place only through the agency of living germs or parents; —
opposed to abiogenesis. (b) Life development generally.
Biogenetic
(Bi`o*ge*net"ic) a. (Biol.) Pertaining to biogenesis.
Biogenist
(Bi*og"e*nist) n. A believer in the theory of biogenesis.
Biognosis
(||Bi`og*no"sis) n. [Gr. life + investigation.] (Biol.) The investigation of life.
Biographer
(Bi*og"ra*pher) n. One who writes an account or history of the life of a particular person; a
writer of lives, as Plutarch.
Biographic
(Bi"o*graph"ic Bi`o*graph"ic*al) a. Of or pertaining to biography; containing biography. —
Bi`o*graph"ic*al*ly, adv.
Biographize
(Bi*og"ra*phize) v. t. To write a history of the life of. Southey.
Biography
(Bi*og"ra*phy) n.; pl. Biographies [Gr. ; life + to write: cf. F. biographie. See Graphic.]
1. The written history of a person's life.
2. Biographical writings in general.
Biologic
(Bi`o*log"ic Bi`o*log"ic*al) a. Of or relating to biology. — Bi`o*log"ic*al*ly, adv.
Biologist
(Bi*ol"o*gist) n. A student of biology; one versed in the science of biology.
Biology
(Bi*ol"o*gy) n. [Gr. 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.
Biolysis
(||Bi*ol"y*sis) n. [Gr. life + a dissolving.] (Biol.) The destruction of life.
Biolytic
(Bi`o*lyt"ic) a. [Gr. life + to destroy.] Relating to the destruction of life.
Biomagnetic
(Bi`o*mag*net"ic) a. Relating to biomagnetism.
Biomagnetism
(Bi`o*mag"net*ism) n. [Gr. life + E. magnetism.] Animal magnetism.
Biometry
(Bi*om"e*try) n. [Gr. life + -metry.] Measurement of life; calculation of the probable duration
of human life.
Bion
(Bi"on) n. [Gr. living, p. pr. of to live.] (Biol.) The physiological individual, characterized by
definiteness and independence of function, in distinction from the morphological individual or morphon.
