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- Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
- Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
- Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
- Englishbio-
- Englishtransformation
- English todaybiotransformation
From bio- + transformation.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
biotransformation
Today it means: The changes (both chemical and physical) that occur to a substance (especially a drug) by the actions of enzymes within an organism. Full definition →
English transformation ← Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-) ← Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-