biologic — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Biological; pertaining to biology or to a living organism.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

   Synonyms

   biological

   Examples

   Biologic femaleness is a sequence of circular returns, beginning and ending at the same point.

   A biologic therapy that delays the onset of type 1 diabetes received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday.

Noun

1. An extremely complex drug, vaccine or antitoxin that is made from a living organism, or from products of a living organism.

   Synonyms

   biopharmaceutical

   Examples

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   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.

Adjective

1. pertaining to biology or to life and living things

   Synonyms

   biological