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bioidentical

adj

Etymology

From bio- + identical.

  1. derived from identicus
  2. borrowed from identique
  3. suffixed as identical — “identic + al”
  4. prefixed as bioidentical — “bio + identical”

Definitions

  1. Identical to that which is naturally produced by the body.

    • Many women seeking natural remedies have turned to compounding pharmacies, druggists who promise so-called bioidentical hormones that are chemically synthesized but have the same molecular structure as hormones produced by a woman’s body.

  2. A bioidentical form of something.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for bioidentical. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA