GK
BIOLOGY
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French
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Latin
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Purtgali
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Greek
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Detailed explanation-1: -The word biology is derived from the greek words /bios/ meaning /life/ and /logos/ meaning /study/ and is defined as the science of life and living organisms. An organism is a living entity consisting of one cell e.g. bacteria, or several cells e.g. animals, plants and fungi.
Detailed explanation-2: -The word ‘Biology’ is obtained from the words of the ancient Greek language. The Greek words ‘Bios’ means ‘life’ and ‘logos’ means ‘to study’ or simple ‘study’.
Detailed explanation-3: -Lamarck and Treviranus coined the term Biology. It is a branch of science that deals with the study of different life forms.
Detailed explanation-4: -Simply:Greek or latin language is also referred to as the dead language, meaning that no changes can be done in the language, it remains constant and no new words are added. So, to maintain the uniformity of scientific names all throughout the world, latin/greek is used in biology and other fields as well.