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abiosis

noun
/ˌeɪ.baɪˈoʊ.sɪs/US

Etymology

From abio- + -osis; from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not, without, opposite of”), βίος (bíos, “life”), and -ωσις (-ōsis, “action, process, condition”).

  1. derived from -ωσις
  2. learned borrowing from -ōsis
  3. formed as abiosis — “abio- + -osis”

Definitions

  1. The absence of life.

    • In fact, more than just the total elimination of bacteria by filtration, the aim should also be stabilization by abiosis (page 119), with the implication of reducing the contaminating cell load as much as possible.
    • At times, every professor believes that his classroom represents the abnegation of intelligence, if not absolute abiosis.
    • PRIMARY SUCCESSION: In the present work, the long-term changes accompanying the gradual development of ecosystems in some geographical region, starting from a condition of abiosis.

  2. The temporary cessation of biological processes.

    • The symptoms of intoxication may differ in both cases considerably, e.g. they may be attended by deep unconsciousness and abiosis, and also by violent convulsions.
    • The animals of the first group were left in a state of an abiosis at a temperature of + 4 ° after irradiation.

  3. Necrosis, especially that which occurs at the single cell level.

    • Abiosis is prominent in the 210 - 296 mμ range, though. It seems impossible that ultraviolet light could kill bacteria living in other tissues , but this effect is probably very limited for the eye .
    • If disturbed, deleterious changes to the code, and accordingly to the gene products (proteins), may occur resulting in mutations or even abiosis.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for abiosis. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA