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beye-uh-LOJ-ikl/ˌbaɪəˈlɒdʒɪkl/

Biological means connected with living things, the body, or biology as a science: a biological process, biological parents. Living and bodily are everyday approximations; scientific is broader. Biology is the subject; biologically is the adverb. Biological weapon is a specialised, serious collocation. In speech, of the body or living is often clearer than biological.

Meaning

Connected with the science of living things, or with the body.

Examples

• “Sleep has a biological effect on memory.”
• “Stress has biological effects on sleep and memory.”
• “They used a biological detergent, not a harsh chemical one.”

Good to know

biological process / parent / effect. Subject: biology. Everyday: of the body / living. Not a synonym for natural in every advert.

Near in meaning

bodily

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