biological
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der.
Ancient Greek βίος (bíos)
Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-
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.
New Latin -logia
New Latin biologialbor.
English biology
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ic
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
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Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
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Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
Middle English -ical
English -ical
English biological
From biology + -ical.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or relating to biology.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: 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.
Sex refers to a person's biological status and is typically assigned at birth, usually on the basis of external anatomy.
Transgender rights advocates and many experts argue, however, that strict definitions of sex based on anatomy at birth can miss biological nuances.
gloss: Relating to anatomy; anatomic, anatomical.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: 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.
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.
gloss: Related by consanguinity, especially as to parents and children.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: biological mother
biological father
gloss: Organic (grown without agrochemicals).
pos: adj
tags: nonstandard
not-comparable
proscribed
examples: 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).
Synonyms: biologic
Derived words: 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 racism
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
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