-biosis

-biosis
a combining form meaning "mode of life," used in the formation of compound words: aerobiosis; parabiosis.
[ < Gk bíosis, equiv. to bio-, verbid s. of bioûn to live + -sis -SIS; cf. ANABIOSIS, SYMBIOSIS, on which subsequent coinages were prob. modeled]

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