biologic

noun

bi·​o·​log·​ic ˌbī-ə-ˈlä-jik 

variants or biological

ˌbī-ə-ˈlä-ji-kəl 

: a biological product (such as a vaccine or blood serum) used in medicine

Examples of biologic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And before, Mabry was global head of biologics at Takeda Pharmaceuticals. —Ed Silverman, STAT, 27 Mar. 2026

Three drugs, one implant To test the platform, scientists engineered cells to produce three biologics simultaneously. —Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 27 Mar. 2026

In the past year, the company has shifted its focus to drug development and today has a growing biologics pipeline and an integrated biomanufacturing subsidiary to support those programs. —Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026

But biologics sometimes don’t work well for lupus, likely because the disease causes such a wide range of symptoms and affects multiple immune pathways. —Jason Liebowitz, New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1904, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for biologic

• chronologic
• cytologic
• demagogic
• dialogic
• ecologic
• geologic
• histologic
• hydrologic
• lithologic
• morphologic
• neurologic
• pathologic

Medical Definition

biologic

noun

bi·​o·​log·​ic ˌbī-ə-ˈläj-ik 

variants or biological

-i-kəl 

: a biological product (as a globulin, serum, vaccine, antitoxin, or antigen) used in the prevention or treatment of disease