biology (redirected from Life-science)

biology /bi·ol·o·gy/ (bi-ol´ah-je) scientific study of living organisms.biolog´icbiolog´ical

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molecular biology  study of molecular structures and events underlying biological processes, including relationships between genes and the functional characteristics they determine.

radiation biology  scientific study of effects of ionizing radiation on living organisms.

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bi·ol·o·gy (b-l-j)

n.

1. The science of life and of living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, and distribution. It includes botany and zoology.

2. The life processes or characteristic phenomena of a group or category of living organisms.

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bi·olo·gist n.

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biology

[bī·ol′əje]

the scientific study of life. Some branches of biology are biometry, cytology, ecology, evolution, genetics, molecular biology, paleontology, and physiology.

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biology,

n the science of life or living matter in all its forms and phenomena.

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biology

scientific study of living organisms. See also biological.

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radiation biology

scientific study of the effects of ionizing radiation on living organisms.

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biology

The formal study of living organisms. See Aerobiology, Building biology, Cell biology, Conservation biology, Cryobiology, Developmental biology, Molecular biology, Population biology, Psychobiology, Sociobiology, Structural biology, Topobiology.