biologic

adj, noun — 2 senses

biologic

adj

UK /bʌɪəˈlɒdʒɪk/

Etymology From biology + -ic.

1

Biological; pertaining to biology or to a living organism.

  • Biologic femaleness is a sequence of circular returns, beginning and ending at the same point.1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:
  • 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 CNN:
Synonyms
biological
Derived terms
abiologic, biologic time, chemicobiologic, chronobiologic, immunobiologic, microbiologic, nonbiologic, orthobiologic, palaeobiologic, paleobiologic, photobiologic, prebiologic, psychobiologic, radiobiologic

biologic

noun

Etymology From biology + -ic.

1

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 News:

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