biological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌbaɪ.ə(ʊ)ˈlɒd͡ʒ.ɪ.kəl/
ipa: /ˌbaɪ.əˈlɑ.d͡ʒɪ.kəl/
rhymes: -ɒdʒɪkəl
Etymology: From biology + -ical.
Senses: examples: text: He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record. With this biological framework in place, Corning endeavors to show that the capitalist system as currently practiced in the United States and elsewhere is manifestly unfair.
ref: 2012 March-April, John T. Jost, “Social Justice: Is It in Our Nature (and Our Future)?”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 21 Jun 2017, page 162:
text: Sex refers to a person's biological status and is typically assigned at birth, usually on the basis of external anatomy.
ref: 2021 June 2, Laurel Wamsley, “A Guide To Gender Identity Terms”, in NPR:
text: Transgender rights advocates and many experts argue, however, that strict definitions of sex based on anatomy at birth can miss biological nuances.
ref: 2023 April 4, Annabelle Dickson, “UK minister mulling law change to define sex as ‘biological’”, in Politico Europe:
glosses: Of or relating to biology.
examples: text: Many who oppose transgender rights believe that gender is determined solely by biological sex. But, biological sex isn’t as straightforward as they likely think, and there is no one parameter that makes a person biologically male or female. In fact, many conditions make assigning a biological sex quite difficult.
ref: 2020 June 15, Kim Elsesser, “The Myth Of Biological Sex”, in Forbes:
text: 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.
ref: 2023 April 14, Aubrie Spady, “'That is a fraud': Gov. DeSantis calls out Lia Thomas, biological men competing in women's sports”, in Fox News:
glosses: Relating to anatomy; anatomic, anatomical.
examples: text: biological mother
text: biological father
coordinate_terms: adoptive
glosses: Related by consanguinity, especially as to parents and children.
examples: text: 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).
ref: 2013, J. Hemmelskamp, K. Rennings, F. Leone, editors, Innovation-Oriented Environmental Regulation: Theoretical Approaches and Empirical Analysis, page 49:
qualifier: non-native speakers' English
glosses: Organic (grown without agrochemicals).
Synonyms: biologic
Derived terms: 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 time
biological warfare
biological weapon
bioneer
biorg
biot
chemicobiological
chemobiological
chronobiological
clinicobiological
cryobiological
cytobiological
ecobiological
electrobiological
ethnobiological
exobiological
geobiological
glycobiological
hydrobiological
idiobiological
immunobiological
infrabiological
macrobiological
magnetobiological
mechanobiological
medicobiological
metabiological
microbiological
nanobiological
neurobiological
non-biological
nonbiological
palaeobiological
paleobiological
pathobiological
photobiological
physicobiological
physiobiological
phytobiological
postbiological
prebiological
protobiological
pseudobiological
psychobiological
radiobiological
saprobiological
speleobiological
tick-tock biological clock
topobiological
unbiological
xenobiological