biological

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, caused by, or affecting life or living organisms: biological processes such as growth and digestion.
  2. adjective Having to do with biology.
  3. adjective Related by blood or genetic lineage: the child's biological parents; his biological sister.
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  • Therefore, the camera—actually two cameras—system is classified as a biological experiment of great possible value (also, a geological experiment and, when it photographs cloud formations, a great meteorological experiment, et cetera). —  Analog December, 1974
  • I picked up a bug -- biological, not computer -- that put me out of commission. —  UUpdates - All updates
  • This was the first act of biological "warfare" - probably better described as a biological crime - in the U.S. —  FACTnet
  • What's their or your reasoning -- biological, reactionary to all the fertility problems of the last decade or two, just feels right? —  Feministing
  • Transgender people's sexes, genders, and bodies are as "biological" -- as alive, and as authentic -- as cisgender people's sexes, genders, and bodies. —  The Bilerico Project
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/baɪəˈlɑdʒɪkəl/
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