-biosis

a combining form meaning “mode of life,” used in the formation of compound words: aerobiosis; parabiosis.

Origin of -biosis

< Greek bíōsis, equivalent to biō-, verbid stem of bioûn to live + -sis -sis; cf. anabiosis, symbiosis, on which subsequent coinages were probably modeled

Words nearby -biosis

-ator, -atory, -bacter, -bashing, -biont, -biosis, -blast, -blastic, -ble, -bodied, -bound

British Dictionary definitions for -biosis

-biosis

n combining form

indicating a specified mode of life symbiosis

Derived forms of -biosis

-biotic, adj combining form

Word Origin for -biosis

New Latin, from Greek biōsis; see bio-, -osis

Medical definitions for -biosis

-biosis

suff.

A way of living:parabiosis.