bio-, bi-, -bia, -bial, -bian, -bion, -biont, -bius, -biosis,
-bium, -biotic, -biotical  (Greek: life; living, live, alive)
Don’t confuse this element with another bi- which means "two".
The most important things in life are not things.  abiatrophy,
abionergy (s) (noun), abiatrophies (pl) The progressive loss of
vitality of certain tissues or organs leading to disorders or
loss of function; applied especially to degenerative hereditary
diseases . abiocoen, abiocen (s) (noun) The sum of all the
nonliving components of an environment or habitat; a non-biotic
habitat: "For her master's thesis, Jill studied the abiocoen in
a small and defined habitat." abiogenesis (s) (noun) 1. The
(supposed) origin or evolution of living organisms from lifeless
matter without the action of living parents; spontaneous
generation (introduced by Professor Thomas H. Huxley when
addressing the British Association at Liverpool, September,
1870): "Our professor explained the theory of abiogenesis when
we were learning about the evolu