abiosis
Meanings
Plural: abioses
Noun
- The absence of life.
- The temporary cessation of biological processes.
- Necrosis, especially that which occurs at the single cell level.
Origin / Etymology
From a- + bio- + -osis; from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not, without, opposite of”), βίος (bíos, “life”), and -ωσις (-ōsis, “action, process, condition”).
Synonyms
abiotrophy, cryptobiosis, sterility, suspended animation
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 9
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