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: life_science
English
> 1 sense of the expression
life science
:
NOUN
cognition
life science
,
bioscience
any of the branches of
natural science
dealing with the
structure
and
behavior
of living
organisms
English
>
life science
: 1 sense
> noun 1, cognition
Meaning
Any of the branches of
natural science
dealing with the
structure
and
behavior
of living
organisms
.
Synonym
bioscience
Narrower
biology
,
biological science
The
science
that
studies
living
organisms
biomedical science
The
application
of the
principles
of the
natural sciences
to
medicine
biometrics
,
biometry
,
biostatistics
A branch of
biology
that
studies
biological
phenomena
and
observations
by means of
statistical
analysis
craniology
The
scientific
study
of the
skulls
of various human races
dermatoglyphics
The
study
of the
whorls
and
loops
and
arches
in the
fingertips
and on the
palms
of the
hand
and the
soles
of the
feet
dietetics
The
scientific
study
of food
preparation
and
intake
dysgenics
,
cacogenics
The
study
of the
operation
of
factors
causing
degeneration
in the
type
of
offspring
produced
eugenics
The
study
of
methods
of
improving
genetic
qualities by
selective
breeding (especially as
applied
to
human
mating
)
euthenics
The
study
of
methods
of
improving
human
well-being
and
efficient
functioning
by
improving
environmental conditions
medical science
The
science
of dealing with the maintenance of
health
and the
prevention
and
treatment
of
disease
Broader
natural science
The
sciences
involved in the
study
of the physical
world
and its
phenomena
Spanish
biociencia
,
ciencias biológicas
,
ciencias de la vida
Catalan
ciències biològiques
Nouns
life scientist
(biology) a
scientist
who
studies
living
organisms
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