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Webster 1913 Edition
Biology
Bi-ol′o-gy
,Noun.
[Gr.
βίοσ
life + -logy
: cf. F. biologie
.] The science of life; that branch of knowledge which treats of living matter as distinct from matter which is not living; the study of living tissue. It has to do with the origin, structure, development, function, and distribution of animals and plants.