biological
adjEtymology
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. New Latin -logia New Latin biologialbor. English biology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English biological From biology + -ical.
- borrowed from biologia
Definitions
Of or relating to biology.
- Sex refers to a person's biological status and is typically assigned at birth, usually on the basis of external anatomy.
- Transgender rights advocates and many experts argue, however, that strict definitions of sex based on anatomy at birth can miss biological nuances.
Relating to anatomy
Relating to anatomy; anatomic, anatomical.
- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a potential contender in the 2024 presidential race, called out a biological male swimmer who competed in and won the women's NCAA championships against his female competitors in 2022.
Related by consanguinity, especially as to parents and children.
- biological mother
- biological father
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Organic (grown without agrochemicals).
- The market for cosmetics with natural ingredients in which the body shop is so successful is still a small one, as is the market for biological food products (1 per cent in the Netherlands).
A biological product.
- This elementary treatise on biologicals was designed primarily for the instruction of Lilly salesmen to enable them to handle the biological line intelligently.
- Iscador is a biological made from mistletoe which strengthens the natural immune system, and works against the growth of malignant cells.
- Researchers found that most of the warnings came within five years after these biologicals won government approval in the United States and Europe between 1995 and 2007.
The neighborhood
- synonymbiologic
Derived
abiological, aerobiological, antibiological, archaeobiological, astrobiological, bDMARD, bioboy, biogester, biogirl, biological anthropology, biological big bang, biological clock, biological control, biological determinism, biological determinist, biological fuel cell, biological immortality, biological imperative, biological life, biologically, biological oxygen demand, biological passport, biological psychologist, biological psychology, biological pump, biological racism, biological time, biological warfare, biological weapon, bioneer, biorg, biot, chemicobiological, chemobiological, chronobiological, clinicobiological, cryobiological, cytobiological, ecobiological, electrobiological · +37 more
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at biological. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at biological. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at biological
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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