biotic
1 of 2adjective
bi·ot·ic bī-ˈä-tik 
: of, relating to, or caused by living organisms
biotic diversity
-biotic
2 of 2adjective combining form
: having a (specified) mode of life
endobiotic
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web
Elizabeth Bernstein, WSJ, 23 Aug. 2022 All meat and eggs in Plates are hormone- and anti-biotic-free. Good Housekeeping, 11 Aug. 2022 On the bottom of just about everyone’s list are fungi, the Rodney Dangerfields of the biotic world. Richard Schiffman, Washington Post, 15 July 2022 Our pro-biotic dietary supplement is made with Indian pomegranate punicalagins that have been biotransformed by gut bacteria into powerful metabolites for human health. The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 June 2022 The probiotic in our pro-biotic dietary supplement has been biotransformed by gut bacteria into active metabolites for human health. The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 June 2022 Our pro-biotic dietary supplement is composed of Indian pomegranate punicalagins that have been biotransformed by gut bacteria into potent metabolites for human health. The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 May 2022 However, what happens when the greatest wrong is not perpetrated by individuals unschooled in the land ethic, but rather by the government of the United States, destroying the biotic community on a scale unimaginable by mere humans? Outside Online, 8 Nov. 2021 That pre-biotic material could be a recipe for life in the subsurface pools. Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 21 Apr. 2022 See More
Adjective
When the researchers added biotic sounds, from living beings, to the water sounds, people liked them even more. Elizabeth Bernstein, WSJ, 23 Aug. 2022 All meat and eggs in Plates are hormone- and anti-biotic-free. Good Housekeeping, 11 Aug. 2022 On the bottom of just about everyone’s list are fungi, the Rodney Dangerfields of the biotic world. Richard Schiffman, Washington Post, 15 July 2022 Our pro-biotic dietary supplement is made with Indian pomegranate punicalagins that have been biotransformed by gut bacteria into powerful metabolites for human health. The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 June 2022 The probiotic in our pro-biotic dietary supplement has been biotransformed by gut bacteria into active metabolites for human health. The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 June 2022 Our pro-biotic dietary supplement is composed of Indian pomegranate punicalagins that have been biotransformed by gut bacteria into potent metabolites for human health. The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 May 2022 However, what happens when the greatest wrong is not perpetrated by individuals unschooled in the land ethic, but rather by the government of the United States, destroying the biotic community on a scale unimaginable by mere humans? Outside Online, 8 Nov. 2021 That pre-biotic material could be a recipe for life in the subsurface pools. Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 21 Apr. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Adjective
Greek biōtikos, from bioun
Adjective combining form
probably from New Latin -bioticus, from Greek biōtikos
First Known Use
Adjective
1892, in the meaning defined above
Phrases Containing biotic
Medical Definition
biotic
adjective
bi·ot·ic bī-ˈät-ik
: of or relating to life
especially : caused or produced by living beings
- proteoses
- protephemerid
- Protephemerida
- Protephemeroidea
- proter-
- proterandric
- proterandrious
- proterandrous
- proterandrously
- proterandrousness
- proterandry
- proteranthous
- proteranthy
- protero-
- proterochampsae
- proterochampsas
- proteroglyph
- Proteroglypha
- proteroglyphic
- proteroglyphous
- proterogynous
- proterogyny
- proterosaur
- Proterosauria
- proterosaurian