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biological

biological

4 4.2
A medicine made from living things to prevent or treat disease
  • noun
  • /ˌbaɪəˈlɒdʒɪkəl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : biológico
  • Farmers often use biological pest control methods to reduce the need for chemicals.
  • chemical and biologicals
  • biological and chemical weapons

We have possession of biological entities, biologicals, biologicals, not of this planet or something like that.

Examples

  • But the basic treatment method that most plants use is biological treatment via these aeration tanks.

  • That feeling has had a very substantial biological causal consequence, which is that you stayed alive rather than died.

  • The perceived demand for "consumer biologicals" in the 1990s was high.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • She didn't find DNA, but she did find heme, which is the biological foundation of hemoglobin.

  • The primary MOA for anti-inflammatory biologicals is to block the interaction between the cytokine and its receptor.

    Academic text (2017)
  • The doctor prescribed a biological treatment to help manage the patient's symptoms.

  • The researchers isolated a biological compound that could potentially cure various diseases.

Synonyms

biologic
vsbiological
  • Specialized
3 5.5

A medicine made from living cells or proteins to treat disease

is a broader substance from living organisms used in medicine or agriculture

Compounds

60 5.6

A weapon that uses germs like bacteria or viruses to harm people, animals and plants

biological clock
  • Specialized
11 3.7

A natural system inside the body that controls daily cycles like sleep and hormone changes

10 6.5

A germ or toxin used on purpose to make people sick, often as a weapon

10 6.1

Using germs or poisons as weapons to harm people, animals and plants and contaminate food and water

6 5.5

An attack using bacteria, viruses or poisons to harm people, animals and crops

biological process
  • Specialized
3 3.9

A process that happens inside a living thing and helps it live

biological research
  • Specialized
3 4.0

Study by scientists of living things to learn how they work

biological science
  • Specialized
2 3.5

The study of living things, like animals, plants, and cells, and how they work

To use bacteria or viruses as weapons to hurt people and cause fear

biological time
  • Specialized
1 5.6

Internal body timing that controls processes like sleep and cell division

biological group
  • Specialized
3.4

A group of plants or animals put together because they share traits

biological defense
  • Specialized
4.3

Actions to protect people and places from harmful bacteria, viruses and toxins

4.8

Actions and plans to protect people and places from attacks using harmful germs

How Biological

biological
  • Specialized
4 4.2
biobased
  • Specialized
1 4.4
synthetic
  • Specialized
6 5.3

Surface Forms

biological singular
biologicals plural

Etymology

A biological (also called a biologic) is a product made from living cells, from the root bio- 'life', so a biological medicine is literally something that comes 'from life' to treat disease.