biological
Also biologic .Biology. relating to the science and application of biology: Ideal candidates will have appropriate training in both physical and biological chemistry.
Biology. relating to or involving living matter: Liquid nitrogen is critical for preserving blood, tissue, and other biological specimens.
Biology. relating to the living organisms of a region:We are hoping to manage the river valley so that we maintain and enhance the current level of biological diversity.
Biology, Genetics. related genetically, as a birth parent whose egg or sperm contributed to the DNA of a child: He met his biological father when he was 37.The Greenes have two biological sons and one adopted daughter.
Usually biologicals. Pharmacology. biologic (def. 1).
Origin of biological
1Other words from biological
- bi·o·log·i·cal·ly, adverb
- non·bi·o·log·i·cal, adjective
- non·bi·o·log·i·cal·ly, adverb
- pseu·do·bi·o·log·i·cal, adjective
- pseu·do·bi·o·log·i·cal·ly, adverb
- sem·i·bi·o·log·ic, adjective
- sem·i·bi·o·log·i·cal, adjective
- sem·i·bi·o·log·i·cal·ly, adverb
- un·bi·o·log·i·cal, adjective
- un·bi·o·log·i·cal·ly, adverb
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How to use biological in a sentence
The fourth industrial revolution blurs the line between the physical, the digital, and the biological.
The promise of the fourth industrial revolution | Jason Sparapani | November 19, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewThird, that her biological father was her mother’s fertility doctor.
Woman sues after learning ‘anonymous’ sperm donor was her own fertility doctor | Rachel Weiner | November 19, 2020 | Washington PostWe now have a far clearer picture of how biological touch works.
In the 1950s, during the Cold War, they played a major role in developing and scaling up the technology to circulate biological materials globally at temperatures as low as -196°C, that of liquid nitrogen.
The secret weapon for distributing a potential covid-19 vaccine | Joanna Radin | November 12, 2020 | Washington PostWhen both sets of parents, biological and adoptive, were criminals, the rate of criminality shot up to 40 percent.
Why We Judge People Based on Their Relatives - Facts So Romantic | Diana Fleischman | November 11, 2020 | Nautilus
While no pregnancies have been reported yet, they are biologically possible as a result of the surgery.
Lab-Created Vaginas, Successfully Implanted in Four Women, Function Normally | Charlotte Lytton | April 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt is clear that these cases contain a lot of biologically determined and socially perpetuated gender inequities.
Humans are biologically predisposed to falling in love, naturally selected to bend towards that most intense social emotion.
Women who were ovulating, however, were better at selecting biologically compatible mates.
“This is probably very deeply biologically driven,” Winterton says.
Speech is not a simple activity that is carried on by one or more organs biologically adapted to the purpose.
Language | Edward SapirConsidered biologically, it is an institution necessary for the perpetuation of the species.
The Kempton-Wace Letters | Jack LondonWar to the pacifists is wrong, unholy, morally sinful, biologically and economically and in every other way evil.
The Psychology of Nations | G.E. PartridgeI am told that, biologically, such things profoundly affect the human system.
Frenzied Fiction | Stephen LeacockThe experience still remains, but the doctrine is no longer psychologically or biologically credible.
Preaching and Paganism | Albert Parker Fitch
British Dictionary definitions for biological
archaic biologic
/ (ˌbaɪəˈlɒdʒɪkəl) /
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
(usually plural) a drug, such as a vaccine, that is derived from a living organism
Derived forms of biological
- biologically, adverb
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