BIOLOGY

n.?, Lat., biologia (from Bios, life, and Aéyos, understanding). Fr., biologie. Ger., Biologie. It., Sp., biologia, The science of piv organisms; of the phenomena which they manifest or are capable of manifesting, of the conditions of their origin, and of their relations to their surroundings. [A, 12; A. Comte (A, 385).]—Dynamiec b. Fr., biologie dynamique. The science of the activities of living organ is ins, including physiology and the reciprocal action of organisms and their surroundings. [A, Comte (A, 885).]—Statie b. The science of the potentialities of living organisms, including their anatomy, their physical Pepe ties, and their relations to air, light, heat, etc. [A. Comte (A, 385).]