biological
or bi·o·log·ic
[bahy-uh-loj-i-kuh l or bahy-uh-loj-ik]
adjective
of or relating to the products and operations of applied biology: a biological test.
noun
Pharmacology. any substance, as a serum or vaccine, derived from animal products or other biological sources and used to treat or prevent disease.
Related formsbi·o·log·i·cal·ly, adverbnon·bi·o·log·i·cal, adjectivenon·bi·o·log·i·cal·ly, adverbpseu·do·bi·o·log·i·cal, adjectivepseu·do·bi·o·log·i·cal·ly, adverbsem·i·bi·o·log·ic, adjectivesem·i·bi·o·log·i·cal, adjectivesem·i·bi·o·log·i·cal·ly, adverbun·bi·o·log·i·cal, adjectiveun·bi·o·log·i·cal·ly, adverbDictionary.com Unabridged
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Examples from the Web for biological
Contemporary Examples of biological
Eating disorders, on the other hand, are driven largely by biological processes that occur on the inside.
We also have a growing body of biological research showing that fathers, like mothers, are hard-wired to care for children.
Gender roles exceed the biological circumstances of childbirth and they are, perhaps, much less likely to change.
Imagining novels as biological specimens creates a crazed and mythic zoology of hybrids, beasts, mutants, and aberrations.
It stands for the proposition that the biological basis of procreation should also be the sole organizing principle of society.
Historical Examples of biological
We must face sex problems with biological and historical knowledge.
But the biological objection to any such proposition is not far to seek.
Much has been said in justification of this view of war from the biological point of view.
Hybrids are regarded as inferior creatures, as biological outlaws.
This, we know, is the biological law, and Khalid must suffer under it.
British Dictionary definitions for biologicalbiological
archaic biologic
adjective
of or relating to biology
(of a detergent) containing enzymes said to be capable of removing stains of organic origin from items to be washed
noun
(usually plural) a drug, such as a vaccine, that is derived from a living organism
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Word Origin and History for biologicaladj.1840, from biology + -ical. Biological clock attested from 1955; not especially of human reproductive urges until c.1991. Related: Biologically.
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biological
[bī′ə-lŏj′ĭ-kəl]
adj.
Of, relating to, caused by, or affecting life or living organisms.
Having to do with biology.
Related by blood, as in a child's biological parents.
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