词根词缀:bio-, bi-, -bia, -bial, -bian, -bion, -biont, -bius, -biosis, -bium, -biotic, -biotical

【来源及含义】Greek: life; living, live, alive

【相关描述】Don’t confuse this element with another bi- which means "two".

【相关词根词缀】 Related life, live-word units: anima-; -cole; vita-; viva-.

【同源单词】abiatrophy, abiocoen, abiogenesis, abiogenetic, abiogenetically, abiogenic

词根词缀:meta-, met-, meth-

【来源及含义】Greek: after, behind, beyond; changed in form, altered; higher [used to designate a higher degree of a branch of science]

【同源单词】acrometagenesis, allochemical metamorphism, atmometamorphism, brachymetapody, digitometatarsal, ectrometacarpia