biologic

See also: biològic

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der.

Ancient Greek βίος (bíos)

Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-

Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-íā

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)

Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor.

New Latin -logia

New Latin biologialbor.

English biology

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icuslbor.

Old French -iquebor.

Middle English -ik

English -ic

English biologic

From biology + -ic.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bʌɪəˈlɒdʒɪk/

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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.

   • 2022 November 17, Jen Christensen and Brenda Goodman, “FDA approves first treatment to delay onset of type 1 diabetes”, in CNN‎^[1]:

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

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.

   Synonym: biopharmaceutical

   • 2008 October 21, The Associated Press, “1 in 4 new bio meds cause serious side effects”, in NBC News‎^[2]:

     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.

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/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	biologicilor	biologicelor

Further reading

• “biologic”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026