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Bio/Vit/Viv Roots
Bio: life; Vit/Viv: live, life
Term | Definition |
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antibiotics | a medicine used to save lives because it destroys harmful bacteria and cures infections |
autobiography | a piece of writing written by a person about his or her own life |
biography | a piece of writing about a person's life written by someone else |
biologist | a person who studies living things |
biology | the study of living things |
biopsy | the removal of living tissue from the body for diagnostic examination |
biosphere | the zone of planet Earth where there is life (between the deep crust and the lower atmosphere) |
macrobiotic diet | a diet thought to help people live longer because it focuses on natural foods |
neurobiology | the study of the nervous system of living things and how it helps the living things learn and react |
symbiosis | how two different living organisms live together and depend on each other |
revitalize | to bring something back after it declined in condition or popularity; to breathe new life into something |
revive | to bring back to life again |
survival | the ability to continue living |
survivor | a person who lives through a difficult event or experience |
vital | necessary or essential to life |
vitality | quality or state of being full of life; state of being full of energy |
vitamin | a tablet of substances that are thought to promote a healthy life |
vivacious | full of life; fun; lively; animated |
vivid | "as big as life"; brightly colored; daring |
vivisection | surgery on living animals; medical research that involves cutting into animals to study organs, parts, or diseases |