"abiosis" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌeɪ.baɪˈoʊ.sɪs/ [US], /ˌæb.iˈoʊ.sɪs/ [US] Audio: en-ca-abiosis.ogg [Canada] Forms: abioses [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊsɪs Etymology: From a- + bio- + -osis; from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not, without, opposite of”), βίος (bíos, “life”), and -ωσις (-ōsis, “action, process, condition”). Etymology templates: {{affix|en|a-|bio-|-osis}} a- + bio- + -osis, {{derived|en|grc|ἀ-||not, without, opposite of}} Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not, without, opposite of”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|abioses}} abiosis (countable and uncountable, plural abioses)
  1. (uncountable) The absence of life. Tags: uncountable Synonyms (absence of life): sterility Translations (absence of life): abiose [masculine] (Dutch), abiosi [feminine] (Italian), abiose [feminine] (Portuguese), абио́з (abióz) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-abiosis-en-noun-vcdKFl-q Categories (other): English terms prefixed with a-, English terms prefixed with bio- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with a-: 21 36 43 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with bio-: 20 39 41 Disambiguation of 'absence of life': 100 0 0 Disambiguation of 'absence of life': 100 0 0
  2. The temporary cessation of biological processes. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (temporary cessation of biological processes): suspended animation, cryptobiosis
    Sense id: en-abiosis-en-noun-73RYzEF1 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with a-, English terms prefixed with bio- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with a-: 21 36 43 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with bio-: 20 39 41 Disambiguation of 'temporary cessation of biological processes': 2 97 1
  3. Necrosis, especially that which occurs at the single cell level. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (necrosis): abiotrophy
    Sense id: en-abiosis-en-noun-8nMdYSx~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with a-, English terms prefixed with bio-, English terms suffixed with -osis Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 29 42 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with a-: 21 36 43 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with bio-: 20 39 41 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -osis: 23 26 51 Disambiguation of 'necrosis': 0 0 100

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