biologic

CEFRB2

/bʌɪəˈlɒdʒɪk/

adjective

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adjective
pertaining to biology or to life and living things.
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adjective
Extra detail
An extremely complex drug, vaccine or antitoxin that is made from a living organism, or from products of a living organism.

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Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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They are studying the biologic effects of radiation.
A biologic therapy that delays the onset of type 1 diabetes received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday.
Biologic femaleness is a sequence of circular returns, beginning and ending at the same point.

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Biologic femaleness is a sequence of circular returns, beginning and ending at the same point.
1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae
A biologic therapy that delays the onset of type 1 diabetes received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday.
2022 November 17, Jen Christensen and Brenda Goodman, “FDA approves first treatment to delay onset of type 1 diabetes”, in CNN
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.
2008 October 21, The Associated Press, “1 in 4 new bio meds cause serious side effects”, in NBC News

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