<p><strong>biology</strong>, the study of living things and their vital processes. The&nbsp;<a href="https://www.britannica.com/science/field-physics">field</a>&nbsp;deals with all the physicochemical aspects of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.britannica.com/science/life">life</a>. The modern tendency toward cross-disciplinary research and the unification of scientific knowledge and investigation from different fields has resulted in a significant overlap of the field of biology with other scientific&nbsp;<a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disciplines">disciplines</a>. Modern principles of other fields&mdash;<a href="https://www.britannica.com/science/chemistry">chemistry</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.britannica.com/science/medicine">medicine</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.britannica.com/science/physics-science">physics</a>, for example&mdash;are&nbsp;<a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/integrated">integrated</a>&nbsp;with those of biology in areas such as&nbsp;<a href="https://www.britannica.com/science/biochemistry">biochemistry</a>, biomedicine, and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.britannica.com/science/biophysics">biophysics</a>.</p>