biological
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- noun
- /ˌbaɪəˈlɒdʒɪkəl/
- Specialized
- Farmers often use biological pest control methods to reduce the need for chemicals.
- chemical and biologicals
- biological and chemical weapons
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Examples
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But the basic treatment method that most plants use is biological treatment via these aeration tanks.
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That feeling has had a very substantial biological causal consequence, which is that you stayed alive rather than died.
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The perceived demand for "consumer biologicals" in the 1990s was high.
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She didn't find DNA, but she did find heme, which is the biological foundation of hemoglobin.
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The primary MOA for anti-inflammatory biologicals is to block the interaction between the cytokine and its receptor.
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The doctor prescribed a biological treatment to help manage the patient's symptoms.
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The researchers isolated a biological compound that could potentially cure various diseases.
Synonyms
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A medicine made from living cells or proteins to treat disease
Compounds
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A weapon that uses germs like bacteria or viruses to harm people, animals and plants
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A natural system inside the body that controls daily cycles like sleep and hormone changes
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Using germs or poisons as weapons to harm people, animals and plants and contaminate food and water
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An attack using bacteria, viruses or poisons to harm people, animals and crops
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The study of living things, like animals, plants, and cells, and how they work
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Internal body timing that controls processes like sleep and cell division
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Actions to protect people and places from harmful bacteria, viruses and toxins
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A group of plants or animals put together because they share traits
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Actions and plans to protect people and places from attacks using harmful germs
How Biological
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Surface Forms
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.