metabiology

noun

meta·​biology

"+

: a system of knowledge or belief built around biological principles

a faith which complied with the first condition of all religions that have ever taken hold of humanity: namely, that it must be … a science of metabiology

—G. B. Shaw

Word History

Etymology

meta- + biology

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