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bionics (n.)[bionics 词源字典]: 1959, from bio- + second element from electronic; also see -ics.[bionics etymology, bionics origin, 英语词源]
bionomics (n.): "science of organic evolution; ecology," 1888, coined by Scottish biologist Patrick Geddes (1854-1932) from Greek bio- (see bio-) + nomos "managing," from nemein "manage" (see numismatic).
biopic (n.): also bio-pic, 1951, from biographical + (moving) picture. Frequent from mid-1951 in "Billboard" and possibly coined there.
biopsy (n.): 1895, from French biopsie, coined by French dermatologist Ernest Besnier (1831-1909) from Greek bi- comb. form of bios "life" (see bio-) + opsis "a sight" (see eye (n.)). As a verb, from 1964.
biorhythm (n.): also bio-rhythm, 1960, from bio- + rhythm. Related: Biorhythmic.
biosphere (n.): 1899, on model of German Biosphäre (1875), coined by German geologist Eduard Suess (1831-1914); see bio- + sphere.
biota (n.): 1901, from Greek biota "life" (see bio-).
biotechnology (n.): also bio-technology, 1947, "use of machinery in relation to human needs;" 1972 in sense of "use of biological processes in industrial production," from bio- + technology.
bioterrorism (n.): also bio-terrorism, by 1997, from bio- + terrorism. Related: Bioterrorist.
biotic (adj.): "pertaining to life," 1847, in the medical sense, from Latin bioticus, from Greek biotikos "pertaining to life," from bios "life" (see bio-). Biotic factor was in use by 1907. Related: Biotical.
biotin (n.): vitamin of the B group (also sometimes called vitamin H) essential for the growth of yeast, 1936, from German Biotin (1936), from Greek biotos "life" (see bio-) + chemical suffix -in (2).
biparous (adj.): "bringing forth two at birth," 1731, from bi- + Latin -parus, from parere "bring forth, bear" (see pare).
bipartisan (adj.): also bi-partisan, 1894, from bi- + partisan.
bipartisanship (n.): also bi-partisanship, 1895, from bipartisan + -ship.
bipartite (adj.): 1570s, from Latin bipartitus "divided," past participle of bipartire "to divide into two parts," from bi- (see bi-) + partitus, past participle of partiri "to divide" (see part (v.)).
biped (n.): "animal with two feet," 1640s, from Latin bipedem (nominative bipes) "two-footed," as a plural noun, "men;" from bi- "two" (see bi-) + pedem (nominative pes) "foot," from PIE root *ped- (1) "a foot" (see foot (n.)).
bipedal (adj.): c. 1600, from biped + -al (1). Classical Latin bipedalis meant "two feet long or thick."
bipedalism (n.): 1897; see bipedal + -ism.
biplane (n.): airplane with two full wings, one above the other, 1874, as a theoretical notion; first attested 1908 in reference to the real thing; from bi- + plane (n.1). So called from the two "planes" of the double wings.
biplicity (n.): 1731; see bi- + ending from multiplicity. A useful and non-pejorative alternative to duplicity.