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Definition of Biotics
1. Noun. The science of life (all those properties that are peculiar to living organisms) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Biotics
1. a life science [n]
Medical Definition of Biotics
1. The science concerned with the functions of life, or vital activity and force. Origin: G. Biotikos, relating to life (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Biotics
Literary usage of Biotics
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A New Basis for Chemistry: A Chemical Philosophy by Thomas Sterry Hunt (1891)
"The study of these vital activities constitutes a third division of physics,
which we have elsewhere called biotics. " Mineralogy is the science of ..."
2. The Physical Geography of the Sea, and Its Meteorology by Matthew Fontaine Maury (1874)
"The anti-biotics referred to the antiseptic properties of sea water, ... Thus the
anti-biotics held that these little creatures were preserved for a while ..."
3. Biodiplomacy: Genetic Resources and International Relations edited by Vincente Sanchez (1995)
"biotics, a private firm based in the UK, works as a broker, ... biotics buys
samples and, through a contract, agrees to share any royalties with the ..."
4. Practitioner's medical dictionary by George Milbry Gould (1910)
"Biotic (bi-ot'-ik) [see biotics]. Pertaining to lift- or to the laws of animal
and vegetable progress and evolution. biotics (bi-ot'-iks) ..."
5. Report by House of the People, India, Parliament, Estimates Committee (1884)
"Medicines and anti-biotics are 4. Manipur 5. Tripura I issued from the Government
... Anti-biotics are at present given to all TB patients free of cost. ..."
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