Biology \Bi*ol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. bi`os life + -logy: cf. F.
   biologie.]
   The science of life; that branch of knowledge which treats of
   living matter as distinct from matter which is not living;
   the study of living tissue. It has to do with the origin,
   structure, development, function, and distribution of animals
   and plants.
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	59 Moby Thesaurus words for "biology":
   aerobiology, agrobiology, anatomy, animal physiology, anthropology,
   astrobiology, bacteriology, biochemics, biochemistry, biochemy,
   bioecology, biological science, biometrics, biometry, bionics,
   bionomics, biophysics, botany, cell physiology,
   comparative anatomy, conchology, cryobiology, cybernetics,
   cytology, ecology, electrobiology, embryology, entomology,
   enzymology, ethnobiology, ethology, exobiology, genetics,
   gnotobiotics, helminthology, herpetology, ichthyology,
   life science, malacology, mammalogy, microbiology,
   molecular biology, ornithology, pharmacology, physiology,
   protozoology, radiobiology, taxidermy, taxonomy, virology,
   xenobiology, zoogeography, zoography, zoology, zoonomy,
   zoopathology, zoophysics, zootaxy, zootomy