prebiological

American  

[pree-bahy-uh-loj-i-kuhl] / ˌpri baɪ əˈlɒdʒ ɪ kəl /

adjective

1. a variant of prebiotic.

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Etymology

Origin of prebiological

First recorded in 1950–55; pre- + biological

Example Sentences

In my laboratory at Cornell University we work on, among other things, prebiological organic chemistry, making some notes of the music of life.

From Literature

One of the problems with early biology on the early Earth is you need abundant nitrogen for all these prebiological processes to happen - and of course nitrogen is in ammonia.

From BBC