bi/o

• biopsybi·opsy

  1. Rootbi/olife
  2. +Suffix-opsyviewing, examination

  removal of a small sample of cells or tissue from the body so a pathologist can examine it, often under a microscope

• biologybio·logy

  1. Rootbi/olife
  2. +Suffix-logystudy of

  the science of life and living things in all their forms

• microbiologymicro·bio·logy

  1. Prefixmicro-small
  2. +Rootbi/olife
  3. +Suffix-logystudy of

  the study of microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses and fungi, including those that cause infection

• neurobiologyneuro·bio·logy

  1. Rootneur/onerve
  2. +Rootbi/olife
  3. +Suffix-logystudy of

  the branch of biology that studies the structure and workings of the nervous system

• antibioticanti·bio·tic

  1. Prefixanti-against, counteracting
  2. +Rootbi/olife
  3. +Suffix-ticpertaining to

  a medicine that kills bacteria or slows their growth, used for bacterial infections; it does not work on viruses · In the dictionary

• bi-two, double
• necr/odeath

Terms in our life science dictionary that list bi/o among their word parts.

• Antibiotic resistance
• Bioavailability
• BioBrick
• Biodiversity
• Biofilm
• Bioinformatics
• Bioluminescence
• Biome
• Bioreactor
• Bioremediation
• Biotechnology
• Probiotic
• Symbiosis
• Synthetic biology
• Systems biology

Written for biofideX in plain words, after checking these references:

• MedlinePlus: Appendix A: Word Parts and What They Mean
• BIO Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
• bio- - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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