noun

• 1The study of living organisms, divided into many specialized fields that cover their morphology, physiology, anatomy, behavior, origin, and distribution.

  ‘An A level student at Sheldon School, Edward is studying biology, physics, chemistry and maths.’

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  • ‘He managed to walk away with seven O-levels and started studying A-level biology, physics and chemistry.’
  • ‘Another, newer field, called systems biology or systems biomedicine, is emerging.’
  • ‘Most, but by no means all, are recent graduates in a medicine - related subject such as biology, anatomy or physiology.’
  • ‘The emphasis is on horticultural aspects of reproductive biology and pollination ecology.’
  • ‘She is now hoping to study maths, chemistry, biology, physics and history.’
  • ‘This was especially so in the fields of geology, biology, botany and organic chemistry.’
  • ‘His father told him to study something useful, so he studied chemistry and biology.’
  • ‘The numbers studying chemistry and biology, meanwhile, have been enjoying a steady rise.’
  • ‘Many fields in biology have progressed by the concentrated study of a select group of model systems.’
  • ‘Gina was a really interesting person - studying biology and chemistry to go to Med School and then join the Army to travel the world.’
  • ‘My high school assignments included physical science, biology, and chemistry.’
  • ‘At the other end of the spectrum, organismal biology and ecology are making a modest comeback.’
  • ‘In the rest of this chapter we first look at the history of embryology - as the study of developmental biology has been called for most of its existence.’
  • ‘She is currently taking a year off from Sofia University, where she studied biology and genetics.’
  • ‘The team has also carried out basic studies in parasite biology to study new molecules.’
  • ‘It has applications outside of the realm of biology, in fields like genetic algorithms and economics.’
  • ‘The technique could have implications for studying cell and developmental biology.’
  • ‘Lucy will be taking A-level examinations in maths, chemistry, biology and geography this year.’
  • ‘In this way he provides a theoretical framework for the volume and shows connections to other fields of study also, such as biology and chemistry.’

  1. 1.1The plants and animals of a particular area.
     ‘the biology of Chesapeake Bay’
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     • ‘We are out for pleasure, to check the biology of the area, and perhaps to get some pictures of marine species we have not seen before.’
     • ‘This data is not sufficient to properly assess impacts to the local biology given the probable long-term use of the shoal as a sand resource area.’
     • ‘Each of the presenters at the ICPRB conference, “Human Influences on the Biology of the Potomac River,” gave the basin a letter grade for different aspects of the river, based on their expertise.’
     • ‘He discovered fish that had never been seen; he was one of the pioneer explorers of the biology of Lake Superior.’
     • ‘Involves extensive field experiences including biology of deserts, mountains, islands, or tropical forests.’
  2. 1.2The physiology, behavior, and other qualities of a particular organism or class of organisms.
     ‘human biology’
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     • ‘Although I aced the exam and the class, the only biology I learnt that semester was animal behaviour.’
     • ‘What if the government charged him to set up a world class institute of marine biology?’
     • ‘In space it is possible to identify and isolate some unique characteristics of human physiology and biology.’
     • ‘Whale Study Week includes boat trips as well as classes in whale biology and general marine ecology.’
     • ‘Apparently her class is doing marine biology, and the teacher's an old colleague of Mom's.’
     • ‘In universities and research institutions around the world, male fertility is marking a new frontier in human biology.’
     • ‘So many new additions to the human biology in a short time have implications for efficient body function.’
     • ‘Some are already revealing deep secrets of human biology and pointing the way toward new medical treatments.’
     • ‘Once they meet they become a distinct cell cluster unlike any other in human biology.’
     • ‘For this reason, disjunctions may appear between features of human biology and behavior.’
     • ‘Her TEE subjects were history, English, human biology and discrete mathematics.’
     • ‘Even human biology and the human body are not timeless essences but concepts that arrive to us through the lens of language and to which we accede on learning to talk.’
     • ‘Wouldn't it seem that human biology would oppose the ubiquity of religion?’
     • ‘The complexity of human biology will not prevent scientists from figuring it out in enormous detail.’
     • ‘Race and ethnicity are neither natural nor given: they have no basis in human biology.’
     • ‘Institutions should be molded around human biology rather than the other way around.’
     • ‘Much of human biology is still speculative, and its interaction with environment is intricate.’
     • ‘Our difficulty in combating this behaviour may arise because we are struggling against nature and basic human biology.’
     • ‘This says that the human mind is a ‘blank slate’ wholly unconstrained by any kind of human biology.’
     • ‘Minno studied the pollination biology of A. curtissii, but little is known of its autecology.’