Category: B

  • Biome

    A major type of environment, such as tundra, forest, or swamp, marked by its climate, flora, fauna, and pathogens.  

  • Biomarker of susceptibility

    A biomarker used to indicate that a cell, organism, or tissue can be influenced by a specific agent or toxin.  

  • Biolysis

    The chemical decomposition of living tissue by the action of living organisms.  

  • Biological therapy

    Therapy with immunologically active agents.  

  • Biological intelligence

    Those components of intelligence that can be directly attributed to the anatomy and physiology of the central nervous system. Biological intelligence is sometimes distinguished from artificial intelligence, i.e., intelligence demonstrated by computer behavior, and from psychometric intelligence or intelligence as documented by the performance of subjects on IQ tests.  

  • Biological degradation

    The breakdown of organic materials into simple chemicals by biochemical processes.  

  • Biokinetics

    The study of growth changes and movements in developing organisms.  

  • Bioinstrument

    A device placed in the body to record or transmit data.  

  • Bioinequivalent

    Differing in physiological or pharmacological action from another agent.  

  • Bioidentical

    Having the same chemical structure and function as a molecule found in nature.