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- Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
- Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
- Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
- Englishbio-
- Englishdeterioration
- English todaybiodeterioration
From bio- + deterioration.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
biodeterioration
Today it means: Any undesirable change in the properties of a material, a construction, or a process caused by the vital activities of organisms. Full definition →
English deterioration ← Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-) ← Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-