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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Biology \Bi*ol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ? life + -logy: cf F. biologie.] 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: biology n 1: the science that studies living organisms [syn: {biological science}] 2: characteristic life processes and phenomena of living organisms: "the biology of viruses" 3: all the plant and animal life of a particular region [syn: {biota}]
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