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biol

biol

1 8.4
The study of living things
  • noun
  • /ˈbaɪəl/
  • Informal
: biología
  • She read an article in biol about the effects of climate change on marine life.
  • biol chem
  • mol biol
  • biol reprod

Examples

  • The professor's course on biol covers everything from genetics to ecology.

  • PLoS Biol 12: e1001912, 2014.

    Academic text (2018)
  • Davies J, Davies D. 2010. Origins and evolution of antibiotic resistance. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 74:417-433.

    Academic text (2014)
  • Chen T, Li E. 2004. Structure and function of eukaryotic DNA methyltransferases. Curr Top Dev Biol 60:55-89.

    Academic text (2014)
  • Martinez JL. 2009. The role of natural environments in the evolution of resistance traits in pathogenic bacteria. Proc Biol Sci 276:2521-2530.

    Academic text (2014)
  • (Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 1995 Apr 30; 32(1):33-9) seems indicative.

    Blog text (28)
  • (36) Srivastava RK: Intracellular mechanisms of TRAIL and its role in cancer therapy. Mol Cell Biol Res Commun 4: 67-75, 2000.

    Academic text (2018)
  • Oncotarget (2015) #3. Teshima, T., Reddy, P., Zeiser, R.: Acute graft-versus-host disease: novel biological insights. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 22:11-16

    Academic text (2018)
  • Many students choose to major in biol because they are interested in healthcare and research.

Synonyms

life science
vsbiol
11 3.4

The study of living things and how they live

is the informal short form rather than the general category name
biological science
vsbiol
  • Specialized
5 3.5

The study of living things, like animals, plants, and cells, and how they work

is an informal short form used instead of the full field name
bioscience
vsbiol
  • Specialized
2 5.0

Areas of science that study living things like cells, animals and plants

is the casual abbreviated label for that broader set of disciplines

Surface Forms

biol singular
biols plural

Etymology

The word biol is an informal short form of biology, made from bio- meaning 'life' and the part -logy meaning 'study'. So as a noun biol means 'the study of living things' or the school subject about life.