bio
- biographical.
- biological: a bio control service using praying mantises to reduce the population of garden pests.
Origin of bio
bio-
- a combining form meaning “life” occurring in loanwords from Greek (biography); on this model, used in the formation of compound words (bioluminescence).
Origin of bio-
Related Words for bio
career, story, essay, autobiography, account, memory, treatise, chronicle, journal, anecdote, life, reminiscence, note, recollection, diary, thesis, narrative, biography, confession, letterExamples from the Web for bio
Contemporary Examples of bio
I stopped turning the pages when I came across the bio of Bell-Johnson.
A bio that has since been removed from his website tells a little about Rawcus before he took the name.
Of course the part of his bio that currently has tongues wagging is just unfolding.
Her bio stats appear line by line on screen, while she sits calmly gazing at the camera.
The bio is being serialized in the (paywalled) London Times.
Historical Examples of bio
I reserve for myself the command of the army of the Bio Bio.
The Pearl of the AndesGustave Aimard
But the Bio Bio had to be crossed, and there lay the difficulty.
The Pearl of the AndesGustave Aimard
"The bio team stole all the weapons," MacFarland said without preamble.
The Unprotected SpeciesMelvin Sturgis
The bio- and psycho-sciences were completely outside his field.
NaudsonceH. Beam Piper
The botanist helped Cleve and me set up the bio kit, and he confirmed Cleve's guess.
TabbyWinston Marks
bio
- short for biography
bio-
before a vowel bi-
- indicating or involving life or living organismsbiogenesis; biolysis
- indicating a human life or careerbiography; biopic
Word Origin for bio-
Word Origin and History for bio
short for biography, attested from 1961.
bio-
word-forming element, from Greek bio-, comb. form of bios "one's life, course or way of living, lifetime" (as opposed to zoe "animal life, organic life"), from PIE root *gweie- "to live" (cf. Sanskrit jivah "alive, living;" Old English cwic "alive;" Latin vivus "living, alive," vita "life;" Middle Persian zhiwak "alive;" Old Church Slavonic zivo "to live;" Lithuanian gyvas "living, alive;" Old Irish bethu "life," bith "age;" Welsh byd "world"). Equivalent of Latin vita. The correct usage is that in biography, but in modern science it has been extended to mean "organic life."
bio-
- Life; living organism:biology.
- Biology; biological:biophysics.