vocab ch. 4.12
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- abiogenesis
- spontaneous generation (development of life from lifeless matter)
- amphibious
- able to live both on land and in water
- antibiotic
- antibacterial substanc produced by a living organism
- autobiography
- story of a person's life written by that person
- biochemistry
- chemistry dealing with chemical compounds and processes in living plants and animals
- biocidal
- destructive to life or living things
- biodegradable
- capable of being readily decomposed into harmless substances by living microorganisms
- biogenesis
- development of life from preexisting life
- biography
- story of a person's life written by another person
- biology
- science dealing with the study of living organisms
- biometry
- statistical calculation of the probable duration of human life
- biometrics
- statistical analysis of biologic data
- biopsy
- diagnostic examination of a piece of tissue from the living body
- biota
- the living plants and living animals of a region
- microbe
- very minute living organism; microorganism; germ
- symbiosis
- the living together in mutually helpful association of two dissimilar organisms