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Definitions
The absence of life.
Word origin
From abio- + -osis; from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not, without, opposite of”), βίος (bíos, “life”), and -ωσις (-ōsis, “action, process, condition”).
Used in a sentence
“In fact, more than just the total elimination of bacteria by filtration, the aim should also be stabilization by abiosis (page 119), with the implication of reducing the contaminating cell load as much as possible.”
“At times, every professor believes that his classroom represents the abnegation of intelligence, if not absolute abiosis.”
“PRIMARY SUCCESSION: In the present work, the long-term changes accompanying the gradual development of ecosystems in some geographical region, starting from a condition of abiosis.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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