n. [ Gr. bi`os life + -scope. ] 1. A view of life; that which gives such a view. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bagman's Bioscope: Various Views of Men and Manners. [ Book Title. ] W. Bayley (1824). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. An animated picture machine for screen projection; a cinematograph (which see); an archaic term replaced by movie projector. [ archaic ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. a South African movie theater. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Electro- + Gr. &unr_; life + -scopy. ] (Biol.) A method of determining the presence or absence of life in an animal organism with a current of electricity, by noting the presence or absence of muscular contraction. [ 1913 Webster ]