Meanings
nounlife science (plural life sciences)
plural life sciences
- Any of the sciences dealing with living organisms, such as biology and exobiology.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounany of the branches of natural science dealing with the structure and behavior of living organisms
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Translations
Chinese Mandarin 生命科學 /生命科学
- 生命科學 /生命科学 (shēngmìng kēxué)science dealing with living organisms
Dutch biowetenschap, levenswetenschap
- biowetenschapscience dealing with living organisms
- levenswetenschapscience dealing with living organisms
Finnish biotiede
- biotiedescience dealing with living organisms
French science de la vie
- science de la viescience dealing with living organisms
German Biowissenschaft, Lebenswissenschaft
- Biowissenschaftscience dealing with living organisms
- Lebenswissenschaftscience dealing with living organisms
- Umweltwissenschaftscience dealing with living organisms
Japanese 生命科学
- 生命科学science dealing with living organisms
Polish nauka biologiczna
- nauka biologicznascience dealing with living organisms
Thai วิทยาศาสตร์ชีวภาพ
- วิทยาศาสตร์ชีวภาพscience dealing with living organisms
Cite this entry
APA
life science. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/life%20science
MLA
“life science.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/life%20science. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “life science,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/life%20science.
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