noun. The science of life and of living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, and distribution. It includes botany and zoology and all their subdivisions.

noun. The life processes or characteristic phenomena of a group or category of living organisms.

noun. The plant and animal life of a specific area or region.

noun. The science of life and living things in the widest sense; the body of doctrine respecting living beings; the knowledge of vital phenomena.

noun. In a more special sense, physiology; biophysiology; biotics.

noun. In a technical sense, the life-history of an animal: especially used in entomology.

noun. Animal magnetism.

noun. 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.

noun. The study of all life or living matter

noun. The living organisms of a particular region.

noun. The structure, function, and behavior of an organism or type of organism.

noun. all the plant and animal life of a particular region

noun. the science that studies living organisms

noun. characteristic life processes and phenomena of living organisms

"This led to a bachelor's degree in biology from the University of South Carolina in 1948 and a master's degree in microbiology from the University of Tennessee in 1949."