biology
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- noun
- /baɪˈɑːlədʒi/
- The biology of plants in this region shows how they adapt to the local climate.
- reproductive biology
- conservation biology
- population biology
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Watch on YouTubeSo I feel that we need to start looking at the biology of resilience.
- So I feel that we need to start looking at the biology of resilience.
- And so we have been doing the fear, guilt, shame pattern of human biology since our origin perhaps.
- So the ability to self regulate our own biology is a stunning, stunning ability.
- It's likely to reflect the biology of all of our circadian rhythms.
- There must be some clues hidden in our biology.
- Laziness is a part of your biology.
- So what we're asking is what do we give away when we give away our biology?
- All humans share a chemistry with all a biology with all other life on Earth.
- It in in that biology is full of hacks and it works.
Examples
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Well, OK, but biology is full of weird exceptions, right?
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Our knowledge of pilot whale biology, as with most cetaceans, is rather poor.
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And, and how does our biology impact that?
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Our biology is too different.
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So I feel that we need to start looking at the biology of resilience.
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As Arthur has said, local biology follows on from your mental health states.
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All humans share a chemistry with all a biology with all other life on Earth.
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Because human beings are not determined by biology, they experience things differently and learn in unique ways.
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Many aspects of their biology permit them to exploit the Arctic region very successfully.
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We have to go to the Marine Biology Reserve and find Cody and apologize.
Synonyms
Compounds
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A field that studies the small parts inside cells, like DNA and proteins, and how they work
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The study of how living things change and how new species form over a long time
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A part of a university that teaches and studies living things like animals and plants
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A room with equipment for doing experiments about living things
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Study of how outer space affects living things and search for life elsewhere
Surface Forms
Morphology
biology = bio + logy
The form still clearly points to life and living systems, but this specialized contextual sense is a metonymic extension rather than a fully literal 'study of life' reading.
Etymology
Biology can also mean the life or living things in a particular place; it uses bio- 'life' and -logy 'study'. So the 'biology' of a river or forest is the plants, animals and life processes that live there.