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adj
Biological; pertaining to biology or to a living organism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An extremely complex drug, vaccine or antitoxin that is made from a living organism, or from products of a living organism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: biopharmaceutical
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
pertaining to biology or to life and living things
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: biological
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gweyh3-der. Ancient Greek βίος (bíos) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logia New Latin biologialbor. English biology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English biologic From biology + -ic.
