-biosis
suff.（后缀）
语源
suff.（后缀）
- A way of living:
生存方式：
parabiosis.
异种共生
语源
- From Greek biōsis [way of life]
源自 希腊语 biōsis [生存方式] - from bioun [to live]
源自 bioun [生存] - from bios [life] * see bio-
源自 bios [生命] *参见 bio-
-biosis
combining form in countable noun
indicating a specified mode of life
⇒
symbiosis
Derived Forms
-biotic combining form in adjectiveOrigin
New Latin, from Greek biōsis; see bio-, -osis-biosis
Word Origin
1
a combining form meaning “mode of life,” used in the formation of compound words:
aerobiosis; parabiosis.
Origin
< Greek bíōsis, equivalent to biō-, verbid stem of bioûn to live + -sis -sis; cf. anabiosis, symbiosis, on which subsequent coinages were probably modeled
Related Words
- lestobiosis
- aerobiosis
- antibiosis
- cleptobiosis
- colacobiosis
- gnotobiosis
-biosisa word element meaning 'way of life', as in symbiosis.
[combining form representing Greek biōsis]-biosis
noun combining form
(plural -bioses)
parabiosis
noun combining form
(plural -bioses)
ETYMOLOGY New Latin, from Greek biōsis, from bioun to live, from bios life — more at quick
: mode of lifeparabiosis
☞ -biont, -biosis, -biotic
-bi·o·sis
\ˌbīˈōsə̇s\ noun combining form
(plural -bioses)
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek biōsis, from bioun to live (from bios mode of life) + -ōsis -osis
: mode of life
< aerobiosis >
< necrobiosis >
< aerobiosis >
< necrobiosis >
-biosis
Suffix
- biology a specified way of living