bio
life
Greek · bios (βίος)
Greek bios means life, so bio words are about living things: biology studies life, a biography tells a life, an antibiotic works against bacteria that harm life.
Memory trick
Bio: a Bio sticker on a vegetable box says it came from living soil.
Words from this root
- biology (bio + logy) — the study of living thingsजीव विज्ञान
- biography (bio + graphy) — a written account of a lifeजीवनी
- autobiography (auto + bio + graphy) — a life story written by oneselfआत्मकथा
- biochemistry (bio + chemistry) — chemistry of living thingsजैव रसायन
- biodegradable (bio + degrade + able) — able to rot by natural lifeजैव अपघटनीय
- biodiversity (bio + diversity) — the variety of life in a placeजैव विविधता
- biofuel (bio + fuel) — fuel made from living matterजैव ईंधन
- biometrics (bio + metrics) — measuring body features for identificationजैव मापन, बायोमेट्रिक्स
- antibiotic (anti + bio + tic) — medicine that kills harmful germsप्रतिजैविक दवा, एंटीबायोटिक
- amphibious (amphi + bi + ous) — able to live on land and waterउभयचर
- abiotic (a + bio + tic) — not alive, non-livingनिर्जीव
- symbiosis (sym + bio + sis) — living together for shared benefitसहजीवन
- biosphere (bio + sphere) — the part of earth where life existsजीवमंडल
- biodiesel (bio + diesel) — diesel made from plants or fatsजैव डीज़ल