biologic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /bʌɪəˈlɒdʒɪk/ (UK)
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βίος (bíos) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *lóǵos Proto-Hellenic *lógos 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. Latin -logia New Latin biologialbor. English biology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English biologic From biology + -ic.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Biological; pertaining to biology or to a living organism.
A biologic therapy that delays the onset of type 1 diabetes received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday.
2022 November 17, Jen Christensen and Brenda Goodman, “FDA approves first treatment to delay onset of type 1 diabetes”, in CNN:Biologic femaleness is a sequence of circular returns, beginning and ending at the same point.
1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:
Deriveds
orthobiologic · photobiologic · psychobiologic · immunobiologic · radiobiologic · prebiologic · biologic time · microbiologic · abiologic · paleobiologic · nonbiologic · chemicobiologic · chronobiologic · palaeobiologic