Biontic

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Relating to living organisms or the state of being alive, especially as an individual biological unit
2. Describing something connected with a living being, particularly considered as a separate organism in biology
3. Of or pertaining to biont, meaning a living individual organism studied as a whole unit

Etymology: "Biontic" is an adjective meaning of or relating to living organisms, built on the Greek "bion", "life", the same root that gives "biology", "biography" and "biosphere". The suffix "-ic" is the ordinary English adjective ending borrowed from Greek "-ikos", so the word is a straightforward formation: "life" plus a suffix that turns a noun into a description of something connected with it. Its meaning follows the root closely, so it has changed little since it was formed.