"-biotic" meaning in English

See -biotic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: From Ancient Greek βιωτικός (biōtikós, “of life”), from βίος (bíos, “life”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|grc|βιωτικός||of life}} Ancient Greek βιωτικός (biōtikós, “of life”) Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -biotic, {{en-suffix}} -biotic
  1. Used to form adjectives describing a method of living Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--biotic-en-suffix-5WF~UtHd
  2. Used to form nouns describing organisms having a specified method of living Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--biotic-en-suffix-aiBAOoen Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using catfix, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: anabiotic, anthropobiotic, chronobiotic, halobiotic, kleptobiotic, lestobiotic, limnobiotic, lithobiotic, parasymbiotic, saprobiotic, zoobiotic
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      "_dis1": "48 52",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 52",
      "word": "chronobiotic"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 52",
      "word": "halobiotic"
    },
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      "_dis1": "48 52",
      "word": "kleptobiotic"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 52",
      "word": "lestobiotic"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 52",
      "word": "limnobiotic"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 52",
      "word": "lithobiotic"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 52",
      "word": "parasymbiotic"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 52",
      "word": "saprobiotic"
    },
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      "_dis1": "48 52",
      "word": "zoobiotic"
    }
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      },
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    }
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        },
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    }
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      "word": "chronobiotic"
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    },
    {
      "word": "kleptobiotic"
    },
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    },
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      "word": "limnobiotic"
    },
    {
      "word": "lithobiotic"
    },
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      "word": "parasymbiotic"
    },
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    },
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      "word": "zoobiotic"
    }
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        "Used to form adjectives describing a method of living"
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  ],
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