-biosiscomb. form

Primary stress is attracted to the second syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek βίωσις.

Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek βίωσις way of life < ancient Greek βίος life (see bio- comb. form) + -ωσις -osis suffix, after symbiosis n. Compare German -biose (formations in which are found from the mid 19th cent.; compare also -biosis in Metabiosis metabiosis n.), French -biose (formations in which are found from the late 19th cent.).Earliest in the second half of the 19th cent. in adaptations of German words (e.g. necrobiosis n., parasymbiosis n.; compare also anaerobiosis n., modelled on Danish, and antibiosis n., modelled on French), and in formations within English (e.g. archebiosis n., aerobiosis n.). Combined with first elements ultimately of Greek origin.

Chiefly Biology.

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Forming nouns denoting states or strategies of life, as anabiosis, gnotobiosis, metabiosis, symbiosis, etc.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	-biosis
释义	-biosiscomb. form Primary stress is attracted to the second syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek βίωσις. Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek βίωσις way of life < ancient Greek βίος life (see bio- comb. form) + -ωσις -osis suffix, after symbiosis n. Compare German -biose (formations in which are found from the mid 19th cent.; compare also -biosis in Metabiosis metabiosis n.), French -biose (formations in which are found from the late 19th cent.).Earliest in the second half of the 19th cent. in adaptations of German words (e.g. necrobiosis n., parasymbiosis n.; compare also anaerobiosis n., modelled on Danish, and antibiosis n., modelled on French), and in formations within English (e.g. archebiosis n., aerobiosis n.). Combined with first elements ultimately of Greek origin. Chiefly Biology. Categories » Forming nouns denoting states or strategies of life, as anabiosis, gnotobiosis, metabiosis, symbiosis, etc. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < comb. form
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