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biological

[bahy-uh-loj-i-kuhl] / ˌbaɪ əˈlɒdʒ ɪ kəl /
ADJECTIVE
concerning life
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Their previous designs used engineered genetic networks, but these systems depended on living cells and other biological materials.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026

Natural menopause is a gradual, natural, biological transition where hormone levels slowly decline over several years.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

Humans’ ability to feel pain and pleasure allows us to make progress and expand rights through abolitionist struggles, and to expand our moral circle to other biological species such as animal based on their suffering.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

Together, the findings showed that chlorpyrifos exposure could reproduce several important characteristics of Parkinson's in laboratory animals, strengthening the biological evidence behind the human population findings.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

This capacity, Beadle understood, was due to the presence of enzymes within the cell—proteins that acted as master builders and could synthesize complex biological macromolecules out of basic precursor chemicals.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee


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