Meanings
- not comparableBiological; pertaining to biology or to a living organism.First known use 19th c.
Biologic femaleness is a sequence of circular returns, beginning and ending at the same point.
1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae1 more example
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 CNNSynonyms: biological
plural biologics
- An extremely complex drug, vaccine or antitoxin that is made from a living organism, or from products of a living organism.
It involved 136 biologics approved in the United States and 105 in the European Union between January 1995 and June 2007. A total of 41, or nearly 24 percent, got safety warnings issued through June 2008.
2008 October 21, The Associated Press, “1 in 4 new bio meds cause serious side effects”, in NBC NewsSynonyms: biopharmaceutical
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveBiological; pertaining to biology or to a living organism.
nounAn extremely complex drug, vaccine or antitoxin that is made from a living organism, or from products of a living organism.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivepertaining to biology or to life and living things
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
- Ancient Greekβίος (bíos)
- Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
- Proto-Hellenic*lógos
- Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
- New Latinbiologia
- Englishbiology
- Englishbiologic
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with biologic
Cite this entry
biologic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biologic
“biologic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biologic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “biologic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biologic.
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