biology
n. uncountablen. the scientific study of living things, like plants, animals, and humans. It looks at how they grow, work, and survive.
n. the branch of science that deals with living organisms and their vital processes. It encompasses various sub-disciplines such as botany, zoology, and microbiology.
She studies biology at the local university.
In our biology class today, we learned how plants turn sunlight into energy through photosynthesis.
Advances in molecular biology have allowed researchers to map the entire human genome, providing deep insights into the genetic basis of many hereditary diseases.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βίος (bíos) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. New Latin -logia New Latin biologialbor. English biology Borrowed from New Latin biologia (1766), itself from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “bio-, life”) + -λογία (-logía, “-logy, branch of study, to speak”). By surface analysis, bio- + -logy. In English, first attested in the modern meaning in the work of English physician Thomas Beddoes in 1799. The term is also recorded in the sense of a biographical history in the work of Dudley Loftus in 1686, but this is considered by the Oxford English Dictionary to be an isolated use. The modern Greek βιολογία (viología) is borrowed from the English term and French biologie via international scientific vocabulary. Piecewise doublet of zoology.
Typically used as an uncountable noun when referring to the academic field; can be used with a possessive to describe the life processes of a specific organism.