Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- An element in many compound words, chiefly scientific, meaning life.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- prefix a prefix meaning
of or pertaining to life ,produced by living things , etc.
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- prefix
life
Etymologies
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Examples
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The new agreement continues to ban shipments of soy-whey products and bio- solids to the recycling facilities, and will prohibit soils contaminated with more than 500 parts per million of petroleum hydrocarbons.
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When she lost her job at Pennzoil back in 2000, it took her seven months to find a new one at Quintiles, a bio- and pharmaceutical-services company.
Long-Term Unemployment Ripples Through One Town Sara Murray 2012
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Once a small Japanese pharmaceutical corp, Aikida was now the largest bio- and gen-tech corp in the world, with global headquarters in Chindia and a major presence in every developed country except the United States.
Wired Robin Wasserman 2010
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Many experts advocate that we adopt such a principle for other potentially dangerous technologies, such as bio- and nano-technologies.
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This combines the idea of living energy uniquely associated with living organisms (bio-) with that of electricity (-electric) and negatively charged ions (-ionic), which as we shall see below comprise the essential nature of chee.
The Tao of Health, Sex and Longevity Daniel Reid 1989
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General knowledge or interest in rehabilitation and/or bio- or mechanical engineering principles.
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For related reading, see The bio- and renewable plastic sector has already begun to see tremendous growth in only a few short years.
unknown title 2011
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Platybelodon grangeri, three growth stages, and a new serridentine from Mongolia Litho-, bio-, and magnetostratigraphy and paleoenvironment of Tunggur Formation middle Miocene in central Inner Mongolia, China
Wired Top Stories Brian Switek 2011
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China spends on green energy and bio- and nanotechnology, that will most likely become products in the 2020s.
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The new agreement continues to ban shipments of soy-whey products and bio- solids to the recycling facilities, and will prohibit soils contaminated with more than 500 parts per million of petroleum hydrocarbons.
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