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The study of the effects of light on living organisms, and on biological processes
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bheh2- Proto-Indo-European *bhéh2os Proto-Hellenic *pháwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- Proto-Indo-European *gweyh3-der. Ancient Greek βίος (bíos) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logia New Latin biologialbor. English biology English photobiology From photo- + biology.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Finnish:
fotobiologia
— the study of the effects of light on living organisms, and on biological processes
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Greek:
φωτοβιολογία
(fotoviología)
— the study of the effects of light on living organisms, and on biological processes
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Hungarian:
fotobiológia
— the study of the effects of light on living organisms, and on biological processes
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Italian:
fotobiologia
— the study of the effects of light on living organisms, and on biological processes
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Japanese:
光生物学
(hikariseibutsugaku)
— the study of the effects of light on living organisms, and on biological processes
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Korean:
광생물학
(gwangsaengmulhak)
— the study of the effects of light on living organisms, and on biological processes
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Latvian:
fotobioloģija
— the study of the effects of light on living organisms, and on biological processes
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Lithuanian:
fotobiologija
— the study of the effects of light on living organisms, and on biological processes
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Polish:
fotobiologia
— the study of the effects of light on living organisms, and on biological processes
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Portuguese:
fotobiologia
— the study of the effects of light on living organisms, and on biological processes
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Romanian:
fotobiologie
— the study of the effects of light on living organisms, and on biological processes
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Russian:
фо̀тобиоло́гия
(fòtobiológija)
— the study of the effects of light on living organisms, and on biological processes
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Tagalog:
sughaynayan
— the study of the effects of light on living organisms, and on biological processes
