-biotic

See also: biotic and biòtic

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βιωτικός (biōtikós, “of life”), from βίος (bíos, “life”).

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Suffix

-biotic

1. Used to form adjectives describing a method of living
2. Used to form nouns describing organisms having a specified method of living

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -biotic

aerobiotic

anhydrobiotic

antibiotic

chemobiotic

chronobiotic

cleptobiotic

cryptobiotic

ectobiotic

endobiotic

gnotobiotic

halobiotic

limnobiotic

macrobiotic

metabiotic

mycobiotic

necrobiotic

normobiotic

parabiotic

phytobiotic

plesiobiotic

probiotic

protobiotic

psammobiotic

saprobiotic

sclerobiotic

spongobiotic

stygobiotic

xylobiotic

• anabiotic
• anthropobiotic
• chronobiotic
• halobiotic
• kleptobiotic
• lestobiotic
• limnobiotic
• lithobiotic
• parasymbiotic
• saprobiotic
• zoobiotic