SINCE 1828
bioclimatology
noun
bio·cli·ma·tol·o·gy
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plural bioclimatologies
Medical Definition of bioclimatology
: a branch of knowledge concerned with the direct and indirect impact of climate or sometimes other geophysical factors on living matter
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