-biosis

See also: biosis

English

Etymology

By back-formation from the earliest relevant terms such as symbiosis (which see).

Suffix

-biosis

1. (biology) A specified way of living.

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -biosis

aerobiosis

anabiosis

anaerobiosis

anhydrobiosis

anoxybiosis

antibiosis

chemobiosis

cleptobiosis

cryobiosis

cryptobiosis

dysbiosis

endobiosis

enterobiosis

epibiosis

eubiosis

hypobiosis

idiobiosis

kleptobiosis

metabiosis

necrobiosis

normobiosis

osmobiosis

parabiosis

plesiobiosis

probiosis

saprobiosis

symbiosis

trophobiosis

xenobiosis

Related terms

• biosis

Translations

Translations

• Polish: -bioza f

Spanish

Suffix

-biosis f (noun-forming suffix, plural -biosis)

1. -biosis

Derived terms

Spanish terms suffixed with -biosis

aerobiosis

parabiosis