Hypertext Webster Gateway: "biology"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
biology
n 1: the science that studies living organisms [syn: {biological
science}]
2: characteristic life processes and phenomena of living
organisms: "the biology of viruses"
3: all the plant and animal life of a particular region [syn: {biota}]
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