bi·ot·ic (b?-?t??k)adj.1. Of or having to do with life or living organisms.2. Produced or caused by living organisms.[Probably Greek bi?tikos, from bi?tos, life, from bioun, to live, from bios, life; see gwei- in Indo-European roots.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.biotic (ba???t?k) adj1. (Biology) of or relating to living organisms2. (Biology) (of a factor in an ecosystem) produced by the action of living organisms. Compare edaphic[C17: from Greek biotikos, from bios life]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014bi?ot?ic (ba???t ?k) also bi?ot?i?cal, adj. pertaining to life or living beings. [1590?1600;
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-bioticsuff. A mode of living: endobiotic.[Probably New Latin -bi?ticus, from Greek bi?tikos; see biotic.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.