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BIOLOGIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does biologic mean? 

BIOLOGIC (adjective)
  The adjective BIOLOGIC has 1 sense:

1. pertaining to biology or to life and living thingsplay

  Familiarity information: BIOLOGIC used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BIOLOGIC (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Pertaining to biology or to life and living things

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

biologic; biological

Pertainym:

biology (characteristic life processes and phenomena of living organisms)

Derivation:

biology (the science that studies living organisms)

biology (characteristic life processes and phenomena of living organisms)


 Context examples 


The date (and time) on which the biologic entity is born.

(Biologic Entity Birth Date, NCI Thesaurus)

A coded value specifying the name of the country in which the biologic entity is born.

(Biologic Entity Birth Country Code, NCI Thesaurus)

Indicates the sequence of a biologic entity's birth in the family group.

(Biologic Entity Birth Order, NCI Thesaurus)

The date (and time) on which the biologic entity died.

(Biologic Entity Date Of Death, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-unique textual identifier for the biologic entity group.

(Biologic Entity Group Name, NCI Thesaurus)

The study of tumors encompassing the physical, chemical, and biologic properties.

(Oncology, NCI Thesaurus)

Biologic agents include antibodies, interleukins, and vaccines.

(Biologic agent, NCI Dictionary)

A biologic function, activity, or process involving either specialized organ functions, individual organs, organ systems, body parts, or whole organisms.

(Organismal Process, NCI Thesaurus)

A coded value specifying the kind of associated biologic entity.

(Associated Biologic Entity Type Code, NCI Thesaurus)

Methods of investigating the effectiveness of anticancer cytotoxic drugs and biologic inhibitors.

(Antitumor Drug Screening Assay, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)



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