biology Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the science that studies living organisms
    biological science.
  2. noun characteristic life processes and phenomena of living organisms
    • the biology of viruses
  3. noun all the plant and animal life of a particular region
    biota.

WordNet


Bi*ol"o*gy noun
Etymology
Gr. life + -logy: cf. F. biologie.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913