生せい物ぶつ学がく

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Meanings

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The scientific study of living organisms. Used in academic and everyday contexts.

生せい物ぶつ学がくの授じゅ業ぎょうで細さい胞ぼうについて学まなんだ。

We learned about cells in biology class.

〈事こと〉を専せん攻こうするto major in (a subject)
大だい学がくで生せい物ぶつ学がくを専せん攻こうしています。
I'm majoring in biology at university.
〈事こと〉の研けん究きゅうをするto do research in (a field)
彼かれは海かい洋よう生せい物ぶつ学がくの研けん究きゅうをしている。
He does research in marine biology.

生せい物ぶつN3
生物学 is the full academic term for 'biology', while 生物 is its common abbreviation used in school subject names.
生せい化か学がく
生物学 is the broad study of living things, while 生化学 focuses narrowly on their chemical and molecular processes.

生せい物ぶつN3
生物学 is the academic discipline of biology, while 生物 just means a living organism or creature.
生せい理り学がく
生物学 is the broad study of all living things, while 生理学 is the narrower field focused on internal bodily functions.

Compound of 生物 (seibutsu, 'living thing') + 学 (-gaku, 'study, -ology').

medical biology

synthetic biology

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