bio-, bi-, -bia, -bial, -bian, -bion, -biont, -bius, -biosis, -bium, -biotic, -biotical +

The mixing of a sediment by the burrowing, feeding, or other activities of living organisms.

1. A group with the same genetic constitution that is characteristic in a species.
2. A population of genetically identical organisms.
3. A specific anatomical, or physiological, configuration of an organism as a result of its adaptation to specific environmental conditions; such as, a high-altitude plant growing at sea level.

The study of anthropological types with their constitutional variations, inadequacies, etc.

1. The use of ultrasonics for biological applications; such as, ultrasonic medical tomography, ultrasonic microscopy, and physical therapy.
2. The study of the interaction of sound at frequencies above about 20 000 hertz with living systems.

A group (infrasubspecific) of bacterial strains distinguishable from other strains of the same species on the basis of physiological characters. Formerly called biotype.

1. In terms of time, the period of existence of a species.
2. In lithic terms, an abstract zone that includes all strata deposited during the period of time that a given taxon lived.
3. The range of a single taxonomic entity in geologic time as reflected by its occurrence in fossiliferous rocks.

A form of symbiosis in which one species becomes temporarily the guest of another.

Used up while carrying on of the vital processes other than growth, or in the performance of function, referring to the energy derived from food.

The study of the deleterious effects of time on a living system.

A combustible organic rock, such as coal peat, of plant origin.

Used to describe plant or animal organisms occurring in colonies of discrete individuals.

The chemistry of living matter.

Study devoted to elucidation of correlations between the chemical constitution of various materials and their ability to modify the function and morphology of biological systems.

Having a combination of therapeutic properties for chemotherapeutic and antibiotic objectives.

1. The scientific study of the effect of time on living systems.
2. That aspect of biology that is concerned with the timing of biological events, especially repetitive or cyclic phenomena in individual organisms.
3. The study of biological time rhythms.

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