"bio-" meaning in English

See bio- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

Etymology: From Ancient Greek βίο- (bío-), combining form and stem of βίος (bíos, “life”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʷeyh₃-}}, {{der|en|grc|βίο-}} Ancient Greek βίο- (bío-), {{m|grc|βίος|t=life}} βίος (bíos, “life”) Head templates: {{head|en|prefix|head=|sort=}} bio-, {{en-prefix}} bio-
  1. life Tags: morpheme Related terms (animal life in particular): zoo- Translations (life): bio- (Afrikaans), حَيَوِيّ (ḥayawiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), կենս- (kens-) (Armenian), bio- (Catalan), 生物 (shēngwù) (Chinese Mandarin), 生命 (shēngmìng) (Chinese Mandarin), bio- (Czech), bio- (Dutch), bio- (Finnish), bio- (French), bio- (Galician), bio- (German), βιο- (vio-) (Greek), bio- (Hungarian), bio- (Ido), bio- (Indonesian), bith- (Irish), bio- (Italian), 生- (sei-) (Japanese), 生物- (seibutsu-) (Japanese), जैव- (jaiv-) (Marathi), bio- (Norwegian), زیست (zist-) (Persian), bio- (Polish), bio- (Portuguese), био- (bio-) (Russian), bio- (Spanish), bio- (Swedish), ชีว- (chiiu-) (Thai), ביאָ־ (byo-) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-bio--en-prefix-Y71wZe8e Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 0 Disambiguation of 'animal life in particular': 66 34 0 Disambiguation of 'life': 72 28 0
  2. organic life Tags: morpheme Derived forms: abiotic, antibiotic, probiotic, symbiosis Related terms: biota
    Sense id: en-bio--en-prefix-uHeEgBMO
  3. biological Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-bio--en-prefix-9uxYLBAB

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