BIOSCOPY

n. Bi-o?s’ko®p-i?,_ Lat., bioscope, bioscopia. Fr., BIPARTIENT, adj. Bi-pasrshi?-e?nt. Lat., bipartiens (from bioscopie. Ger., Bioskopie. ‘he examination of a cadaver with | bis, doubly, and partire, to divide). Dividing into two parts. [L, 56.] a view to ascertain whether it is that of a being born alive or vlable; as sometimes employed, forensic medicine in general. [A, 322.} BIOSIS (Lat.), n. f. {o‘si‘s. Gen., bio’seos (-sis). Gr., Biwors. A course of life; life. [A, 322.] BIOSOPHIA (Lat.), n. f.?)-0(0?)-so(so?)fi2-a8. | From Bios, life, and copia, knowledge. Fr., biosophie. Troxler’s term for biodynamies (q. v.). [A, 322.] BIOSPHÆRA (Lat.), n. f£.?)-0%s-fer’(fa’e2r)-a3. From Bios, life, and ogaïpa, a sphere. Fr., biosphére. Ger., Biosphäre. J. H. Mayer’s name for a minute granule showing Brunonian movements, found in the juices of plants. Mayer suppoesd| that such granules were animé s, and that a plant was nothing more than a collection of myriads of animals. [A, 322; J, 33.)