# biological

Pronunciation: US say "by-uh-LO-ji-kuhl" /ˌbaɪ.əˈlɑ.d͡ʒɪ.kəl/; UK say "by-oh-LOJ-i-kuhl" /ˌbaɪ.ə(ʊ)ˈlɒd͡ʒ.ɪ.kəl/

## Adjective

1. Concerning biology: the study of living organisms and the processes that sustain them.
   - Simple: Having to do with living things and how they work.
   - _Her research focuses on the biological processes that control aging._
   - _The team published a major biological study on coral reefs._
2. Connected by blood relationship, especially between parents and their offspring.
   - Simple: Connected by blood, like a child and the parents who gave birth to them.
   - _He learned that his biological father lived in another country._
   - _Adopted children sometimes set out to find their biological relatives._
3. Relating to anatomy: the structure and arrangement of the body's parts.
   - Simple: Having to do with the body and the way its parts are built.
   - _The lecture covered the biological organization of muscle and bone._
   - _Surgeons must understand the biological arrangement of organs in the abdomen._
4. Produced or grown without synthetic agrochemicals; organic. *(nonstandard)*
   - Simple: Grown naturally, without man-made chemicals, like organic food.
   - _The café advertises biological coffee sourced from small farms._
   - _Many shoppers prefer biological produce that is free from synthetic sprays._

## Noun

5. A medical product made from or derived from living organisms, such as a vaccine or antitoxin. *(rare)*
   - Simple: A medicine made from living things, such as a vaccine.
   - _The pharmacist explained that the biological had to be kept refrigerated._
   - _Regulators approved a new biological for treating the rare blood disorder._

## Origin

Formed from "biology" combined with the suffix "-ical."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/biological (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).