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biological

20 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. biological (adjective)
  2. biologic (noun)
  3. biological assay (noun)
  4. biological balance (noun)
  5. biological clock (noun)
  6. biological control (noun)
  7. biological dye (noun)
  8. biological efficiency (noun)
  9. biological environment (noun)
  10. biological geography (noun)
  11. biological method (noun)
  12. biological oceanography (noun)
  13. biological oxygen demand (noun)
  14. biological product (noun)
  15. biological race (noun)
  16. biological species (noun)
  17. biological value (noun)
  18. biological warfare (noun)
  19. biological weapon (noun)
  20. biological zone (noun)

biological

adj

Definition of BIOLOGICAL

1
: of or relating to biology or to life and living processes
2
: used in or produced by applied biology
3
: connected by direct genetic relationship rather than by adoption or marriage <her biological father>
— bi·o·log·i·cal·ly \-ji-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
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Variants of BIOLOGICAL

biological also biologic

Examples of BIOLOGICAL

  1. <the rights of the biological father in this case>

First Known Use of BIOLOGICAL

1847

Related to BIOLOGICAL

Synonyms: natural (also biologic), birth, consanguineous
Antonyms: adopted, adoptive, nonbiological
Related Words: legitimate
Near Antonyms: illegitimate
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Other Biology Terms

autochthonous, fecund, homunculus, phylogeny, substrate

Rhymes with BIOLOGICAL

astrological, Christological, chronological, cosmological, cryptological, ecological, ethnological, extralogical, gemological, graphological, horological, morphological, mycological, mythological, neurological, oncological, pathological, pedagogical, philological, phrenological, psychological, scatological, seismological, tautological, technological, theological, topological, typological, zoological

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