Part 1131

<h1>Bion</h1> <Xpage=146>

<hw>Bi"on</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <ets><?/</ets> living, <tt>p. pr.</tt> of <ets><?/</ets> to live.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>The physiological individual, characterized by definiteness and independence of function, in distinction from the morphological individual or <i>morphon</i>.</def>

<h1>Bionomy</h1> <Xpage=146>

<hw>Bi*on"o*my</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <ets><?/</ets> life + <ets><?/</ets> law.]</ety> <def>Physiology.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Dunglison.</i>

<h1>Biophor Biophore</h1> <Xpage=146>

<hw><hw>Bi"o*phor` Bi"o*phore`</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <ets><?/</ets> life + <ets><?/</ets> bearing, fr. <ets><?/</ets> to bear.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>One of the smaller vital units of a cell, the bearer of vitality and heredity. See Pangen, in Supplement.</def>

<h1>Bioplasm</h1> <Xpage=146>

<hw>Bi"o*plasm</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <ets><?/</ets> life + <ets><?/</ets> form, mold, fr. <ets><?/</ets> to mold.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>A name suggested by Dr. Beale for the germinal matter supposed to be essential to the functions of all living beings; the material through which every form of life manifests itself; unaltered protoplasm.</def>

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<h1>Bioplasmic</h1> <Xpage=147>

<hw>Bi`o*plas"mic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or consisting of, bioplasm.</def>

<h1>Bioplast</h1> <Xpage=147>

<hw>Bi"o*plast</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <ets><?/</ets> life + <ets><?/</ets> to form.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>A tiny mass of bioplasm, in itself a living unit and having formative power, as a living white blood corpuscle; bioblast.</def>

<h1>Bioplastic</h1> <Xpage=147>

<hw>Bi`o*plas"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Bioplasmic.</def>

<h1>Biorgan</h1> <Xpage=147>

<hw>Bi*or"gan</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <ets><?/</ets> life + E. <ets>organ</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>A physiological organ; a living organ; an organ endowed with function; -- distinguished from <i>idorgan</i>.</def>

<h1>Biostatics</h1> <Xpage=147>

<hw>Bi`o*stat"ics</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <ets><?/</ets> life + <ets><?/</ets>. See <er>Statics</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>The physical phenomena of organized bodies, in opposition to their organic or vital phenomena.</def>

<h1>Biostatistics</h1> <Xpage=147>

<hw>Bi`o*sta*tis"tics</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <ets><?/</ets> life + E. <ets>statistics</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Vital statistics.</def>

<h1>Biotaxy</h1> <Xpage=147>

<hw>Bi"o*tax`y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <ets><?/</ets> life + <ets><?/</ets> arrangement.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>The classification of living organisms according to their structural character; taxonomy.</def>

<h1>Biotic</h1> <Xpage=147>

<hw>Bi*ot"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <ets><?/</ets> pert. to life.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Relating to life; <as>as, the <ex>biotic</ex> principle</as>.</def>

<h1>Biotite</h1> <Xpage=147>

<hw>Bi"o*tite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <ets>Biot</ets>, a French naturalist.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Mica containing iron and magnesia, generally of a black or dark green color; -- a common constituent of crystalline rocks. See <er>Mica</er>.</def>