biologic

See also: biològic

English

Etymology

From biology +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bʌɪəˈlɒdʒɪk/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɒdʒɪk

Adjective

biologic (not comparable)

1. Biological; pertaining to biology or to a living organism. [from 19th c.]
   • 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:

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

Synonyms

• biological

Derived terms

• abiologic
• biologic time
• chemicobiologic
• chronobiologic
• immunobiologic
• microbiologic
• nonbiologic
• orthobiologic
• palaeobiologic
• paleobiologic
• photobiologic
• prebiologic
• psychobiologic
• radiobiologic

Translations

biological — see biological

Noun

biologic (plural biologics)

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

Interlingua

Adjective

biologic (not comparable)

1. biological

Occitan

Adjective

biologic m (feminine singular biologica, masculine plural biologics, feminine plural biologicas)

1. biologic, biological

Romanian

Alternative forms

• биолоӂик (biologic) — Moldovan Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from French biologique. By surface analysis, biologie +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbi.oˈlo.d͡ʒik/

Adjective

biologic m or n (feminine singular biologică, masculine plural biologici, feminine and neuter plural biologice)

1. biologic, biological

Declension

Declension of biologic

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	biologic		biologică		biologici	biologice
	definite	biologicul		biologica		biologicii	biologicele
genitive- dative	indefinite	biologic		biologice		biologici	biologice
	definite	biologicului		biologicei		biologicelor	biologicilor

Further reading

• biologic in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)