mbio

Clipped compound.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɛmˈbaɪoʊ/

mbio (uncountable)

2. (informal) Clipping of microbiology (the usual sense).

   Coordinate term: molbio

4. (informal) Clipping of molecular biology (uncommon in this sense).

   Synonym: molbio (the usual clipped compound)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Maybe Proto-Bantu *bìdò (BLR 192)?”)

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mbio class IX (plural mbio class X)

1. speed

   Synonyms: kasi, haraka

2. race

• mbio ya kupokezana (“relay race”)
• mbio za nyika (“cross country race”)

mbio (invariable)

1. quickly, fast

   kukimbia mbio ― to run fast