Part 1130

<h1>Biognosis</h1> <Xpage=146>

<hw>Bi`og*no"sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <ets><?/</ets> life + <ets><?/</ets> investigation.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>The investigation of life.</def>

<h1>Biographer</h1> <Xpage=146>

<hw>Bi*og"ra*pher</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who writes an account or history of the life of a particular person; a writer of lives, as Plutarch.</def>

<h1>Biographic, Biographical</h1> <Xpage=146>

<hw><hw>Bi"o*graph"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Bi`o*graph"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to biography; containing biography.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Bi`o*graph"ic*al*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Biographize</h1> <Xpage=146>

<hw>Bi*og"ra*phize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To write a history of the life of.</def>

<i>Southey.</i>

<h1>Biography</h1> <Xpage=146>

<hw>Bi*og"ra*phy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Biographies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[Gr. <ets><?/</ets>; <ets><?/</ets> life + <ets><?/</ets> to write: cf. F. <ets>biographie</ets>. See <er>Graphic</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The written history of a person's life.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Biographical writings in general.</def>

<h1>Biologic, Biological</h1> <Xpage=146>

<hw><hw>Bi`o*log"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Bi`o*log"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or relating to biology.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Bi`o*log"ic*al*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Biologist</h1> <Xpage=146>

<hw>Bi*ol"o*gist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A student of biology; one versed in the science of biology.</def>

<h1>Biology</h1> <Xpage=146>

<hw>Bi*ol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <ets><?/</ets> life + <ets>-logy</ets>: cf. F. <ets>biologie</ets>.]</ety> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Biolysis</h1> <Xpage=146>

<hw>Bi*ol"y*sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <ets><?/</ets> life + <ets><?/</ets> a dissolving.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>The destruction of life.</def>

<h1>Biolytic</h1> <Xpage=146>

<hw>Bi`o*lyt"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <ets><?/</ets> life + <ets><?/</ets> to destroy.]</ety> <def>Relating to the destruction of life.</def>

<h1>Biomagnetic</h1> <Xpage=146>

<hw>Bi`o*mag*net"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Relating to biomagnetism.</def>

<h1>Biomagnetism</h1> <Xpage=146>

<hw>Bi`o*mag"net*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <ets><?/</ets> life + E. <ets>magnetism</ets>.]</ety> <def>Animal magnetism.</def>

<h1>Biometry</h1> <Xpage=146>

<hw>Bi*om"e*try</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <ets><?/</ets> life + <ets>-metry</ets>.]</ety> <def>Measurement of life; calculation of the probable duration of human life.</def>