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5th Roots: bio/viv
5th Roots: bio/vit/viv
Term | Definition |
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antibiotic | (n) a medicine used to save lives because it destroys harmful bacteria and cures infections |
autobiography | (n) a piece of writing written by a person about his or her own life |
biography | (n) a piece of writing a person's life written by someone else |
biologist | (n) a person who studies living things |
biology | (n) the study of living things |
biopsy | (n) the removal of living tissue from the body for diagnostic examination |
biosphere | (n) the zone of planet Earth where there is life (between the deep crust and the lower atmosphere |
macrobiotic diet | (n) a diet thought to help people live longer because it focuses on natural foods |
neurobiology | (n) the study of the nervous system of living things and how it helps the living things learn and react |
symbiosis | (n) how two different living organisms live together and depend on each other |
revitalize | (v) to bring something back after it declined in condition or popularity; to breath new life into something |
revive | (v) to bring back to life again |
survival | (n) the ability to continue living |
survivor | (n) a person who lives through a difficult event or experience |
vital | (adj) necessary or essential to life |
vitality | (n) quality or state of being full of life;; state of being full of energy |
vitamin | (n) a tablet of substances that are thought to promote a healthy life |
vivacious | (adj) full of life; fun; lively; animated |
vivid | (adj) "as big as life"; brightly colored; daring |
vivisection | (n) surgery on living animals; medical research that involves cutting into animals to study organs, parts, or diseases |