Origin: Anc Greek βίος/vios(=life) + -λογία/logia(=suffix meaning study of)
> βία/via(=rush), λόγος/logos(=speech, discourse)
Coined: Although the term has been traditionally attributed independently to Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet Lamarck (1744-1829) (Hydrogeologie, 1802) and to Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus (Biologie ored Philosophie der lebenden Natur, 1802) it was in 1776 that Michael Christoph Hanov(1695-1773), published his work with title: of Philosophiae naturalis sive physicae dogmaticae: Geologia, biologia, phytologia generalis et dendrologia, (Volume 3).
Definition:
The the branch of science that deals with life and living organisms
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