biotherapeutics

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noun

The field encompassing therapeutic materials produced using biological means, including recombinant DNA technology.

OriginEnglish therapeutics ← Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-) ← Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- →
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Meanings

nounbiotherapeutics (plural biotherapeutics)
  1. The field encompassing therapeutic materials produced using biological means, including recombinant DNA technology.

    “We want to become a leader in biotherapeutics and vaccines,” Jeffrey B. Kindler, Pfizer’s chief executive, said Monday at the Manhattan news conference where the deal was announced.

    2009 January 27, Natasha Singer, “In Wyeth, Pfizer Sees a Drug Pipeline”, in New York Times
noun
  1. pluralplural of biotherapeutic

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  2. Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
  3. Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
  4. Englishbio-
  5. Englishtherapeutics
  6. Englishbiotherapeutics

From bio- + therapeutics.

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APA

biotherapeutics. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biotherapeutics

MLA

“biotherapeutics.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biotherapeutics. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “biotherapeutics,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biotherapeutics.

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