biology


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biology
n. study of life

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Biology
Biology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy. Modern biology is a vast and eclectic field, composed of many branches and subdisciplines. However, despite the broad scope of biology, there are certain general and unifying concepts within it that govern all study and research, consolidating it into single, coherent fields. In general, biology recognizes the cell as the basic unit of life, genes as the basic unit of heredity, and evolution as the engine that propels the synthesis and creation of new species. It is also understood today that all organisms survive by consuming and transforming energy and by regulating their internal environment to maintain a stable and vital condition.

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biology

Noun
1. the science that studies living organisms
(synonym) biological science
(hypernym) life science, bioscience
(hyponym) biogeography
(class) abaxial, dorsal
2. characteristic life processes and phenomena of living organisms; "the biology of viruses"
(hypernym) life
3. all the plant and animal life of a particular region
(synonym) biota
(hypernym) collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
(member-meronym) fauna


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biology
n. biologie

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biology
Rzecz. biologia; nauka