˜yÐÄvlog

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-biosis

  1. a combining form meaning “mode of life,†used in the formation of compound words:

    aerobiosis; parabiosis.

-biosis

combining form

  1. indicating a specified mode of life

    symbiosis

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • -biotic, combining_form:in_adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of -biosis1

< Greek ²úíŲõ¾±²õ, equivalent to ²ú¾±Å-, verbid stem of ²ú¾±´Çû²Ô to live + -sis -sis; anabiosis, symbiosis, on which subsequent coinages were probably modeled
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of -biosis1

New Latin, from Greek ²ú¾±Å²õ¾±²õ ; see bio- , -osis
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