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\bˈa͡ɪə͡ʊ], \bˈaɪəʊ], \b_ˈaɪ_əʊ]\
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b[=i]'[=o], a prefix from Gr. bios, life, used in many scientific words to express having organic life.--adj. BIOBIBLIOGRAPH'ICAL, dealing with the life and writings of any one.--n. B[=I]'OBLAST, a formative cell, a minute mass of bioplasm or protoplasm about to become a definite cell.--adj. BIODYNAM'ICAL.--ns. BIODYNAM'ICS, that part of biology which deals with vital force; BIOGENESIS (-jen'e-sis), the process of natural generation of life from life, as opposed to spontaneous generation, or abiogenesis.--adj. BIOGENET'IC.--ns. BIOG'ENIST; BIOG'ENY; BIOMAG'NETISM, animal magnetism; BIOM'ETRY, the measurement or calculation of the probable duration of life; B[=I]'OPLASM, the germinal matter of all living beings.
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