| ASTROBIOLOGY | • astrobiology n. (Sciences) The study of life anywhere in the universe, including the Earth. • ASTROBIOLOGY n. exobiology. |
| BIOLOGICALLY | • biologically adv. In a biological manner. • biologically adv. With regard to biology. • BIOLOGICAL adv. relating to biology. |
| ETHNOBIOLOGY | • ethnobiology n. (Biology) The study of the relationships between plants and animals and human cultures. • ETHNOBIOLOGY n. the branch of biology involving the study of the traditional uses of plants and animals in various human societies. |
| EXOBIOLOGIES | • exobiologies n. Plural of exobiology. • EXOBIOLOGY n. the study of extraterrestrial life. |
| EXOBIOLOGIST | • exobiologist n. A biologist whose speciality is exobiology. • EXOBIOLOGIST n. a student of exobiology. |
| GNOTOBIOLOGY | • gnotobiology n. (Biology) The study of animals in a microbe-free environment. • GNOTOBIOLOGY n. the study of life in germfree conditions. |
| HYDROBIOLOGY | • hydrobiology n. (Biology) The study of the biology of the organisms that inhabit bodies of water. • HYDROBIOLOGY n. the study of aquatic organisms. |
| MICROBIOLOGY | • microbiology n. (Biology) The branch of biology that deals with microorganisms, especially their effects on man and… • MICROBIOLOGY n. the study of microscopic organisms. |
| NEUROBIOLOGY | • neurobiology n. (Biology) The scientific study of nerve and brain function in people and animals. • NEUROBIOLOGY n. the study of the anatomy of the nervous system. |
| NONBIOLOGIST | • nonbiologist n. One who is not a biologist. • NONBIOLOGIST n. one who is not a biologist. |
| PALAEBIOLOGY | • PALAEBIOLOGY n. the study of fossil plants and animals, also PALAEOBIOLOGY, PALEOBIOLOGY. |
| PALEOBIOLOGY | • paleobiology n. The branch of biology or paleontology concerned with the study of fossils of plants and animals. • PALEOBIOLOGY n. a branch of paleontology concerned with the biology of fossil organisms, also PALAEBIOLOGY, PALAEOBIOLOGY. |
| PATHOBIOLOGY | • pathobiology n. (Biology) The branch of biology that deals with pathology with greater emphasis on the biological than… • pathobiology n. (Medicine) pathology (in any of its senses: study of disease, instance of disease, mechanism of disease). • pathobiology n. (Medicine) The biologic explanations of pathogenesis, to include both pathoanatomy and pathophysiology. |
| PHOTOBIOLOGY | • photobiology n. The study of the effects of light on living organisms, and on biological processes. • PHOTOBIOLOGY n. the study of the effects of light on organisms. |
| RADIOBIOLOGY | • radiobiology n. (Biology) The study of the effects of ionizing radiation on living organisms. • radiobiology n. (Biochemistry) The use of radioactive labels to study biological processes. • RADIOBIOLOGY n. a branch of biology dealing with the effects of radiation or radioactive materials on biological systems. |
| SOCIOBIOLOGY | • sociobiology n. The science that applies the principles of evolutionary biology to the study of social behaviour in… • SOCIOBIOLOGY n. the study of the biological basis of human behaviour. |