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biosimilar en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- English similar English biosimilar From bio- + similar.

Meanings

  1. A variant of a biopharmaceutical that is marketed following the expiry of the original patent.

Forms

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biosimilars Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

bio-original

Hypernyms

similar · generic

Relateds

biosimilarity

Translations (2)

es biosimilar (variant of a biopharmaceutical) · fi biosimilaari (variant of a biopharmaceutical)