Dictionary Definition
biological adj
1 pertaining to biology or to life and living
things [syn: biologic]
2 of parents and children; related by blood;
"biological child" [ant: adoptive]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Adjective
biological- Of, pertaining to, or connected with biology.
- Related by consanguinity, especially as to parents and children.
Translations
of biology
- Chinese: 生物 (shēngwù)
- Czech: biologický
- Dutch: biologisch, biologische
- French: biologique
- German: biologisch
- Greek: βιολογικός (viologikós)
- Hungarian: biológiai
- Italian: biologico , biologica , biologici p, biologiche f|p
- Latin: biologicus , biologica , biologicum
- Japanese: 生物学の (せいぶつがくの, seibutsugaku no)
- Portuguese: biológico biológica
- Russian: биологический
- Spanish: biológico biológica
consanguine
- Dutch: biologisch, biologische
- French: biologique
- German: leiblich, biologisch
- Italian: consanguineo , consanguinea
- Russian: биологический, кровный, родной
- Spanish: biológico biológica consanguíneo consanguínea
See also
Extensive Definition
The word biological may refer to:
- Adjectival form of "biology", the study of life
- Biological (noun), a biological preparation (e.g., a vaccine or antitoxin) that is synthesized from living organisms or their products and used medically as a diagnostic, preventive, or therapeutic agent. (Often used in distinction to a pharmaceutical (drug)).
- Biological agent, an infectious disease or toxin that can be used in bioterrorism or biological warfare.
- Biological tissue
- Biological process
- Organism, a biological entity
- Life, the characteristic state of organisms
- Consanguinity, being descended from the same ancestor
Materials and substances:
- Main disambiguation page: Biological material
See also
- Biological warfare
- Organic (disambiguation)