Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Absence of vital force.
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- noun The absence of life.
Etymologies
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From a-, from Ancient Greek ἀ- + bios, from Ancient Greek βίος (bios, "life") + -ωσις (-ōsis, "{verbal noun ending)").
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