1.
living body; living organism
A living body or organism, as opposed to a dead one or to non-living matter; mostly in scientific and medical compounds.
Formal and technical; almost always in compounds.
Common collocations
- 生体認証: biometric authentication
- 生体内: inside the body (in vivo)
- 生体肝移植: living-donor liver transplant
- 生体反応: vital reaction (in forensic medicine)
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Several words read せいたい: 生態 (ecology, way of life), 声帯 (vocal cords), 整体 (manipulative therapy).