biological

adjective

ˌbī-ə-ˈlä-ji-kəl How to pronounce biological (audio)
variants also biologic
Definition of biologicalnext
as in birth
being such by blood and not by adoption or marriage the rights of the biological father in this case

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Recent Examples of biological This approach provides insights into overall biological age and allows for evaluating individual organ aging rates. — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025 Their goal was to pinpoint what biological conditions might predispose some people to the problem. — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2025 The biological cause of AD is linked to the accumulation of amyloid plaques, tau tangles, and synaptic loss in brain regions such as the hippocampus and cortex, which are critical for higher cognitive functions like memory retrieval. — Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 12 Mar. 2025 In these lucky cases, natural biological processes seem to allow the normal cells to overtake the abnormal ones. — Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 6 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for biological
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  1. birth
  2. legitimate
  3. natural
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  • If self-paid, a birth doula can cost $1,200 to $4,000, depending on whether pre- and post-birth visits are included.
    — Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 3 May 2024
  • The pregnancy announcement, the gender reveal, the baby shower, the pregnancy photo shoot, the birth photo shoot, the post-birth photo shoot, the sip-n-see.
    — Shani Silver, refinery29.com, 31 May 2024
Definition of birth
Adjective
  • These included social engineering scams using a fake CAPTCHA test as well as legitimate tooling, including VoIP and Adobe software, along with messaging clients.
    — Davey Winder, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
  • In addition to gaining access to victims' networks, the group is also hijacking legitimate accounts, including those of healthcare organizations, the blog post says.
    — Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2025
Definition of legitimate
Adjective
  • Mitchell has nice speed and good hands, so his natural fit might be as a third-down back.
    — Nate Taylor, The Athletic, 11 Mar. 2025
  • The style combines two hair headliners: First, the movement toward celebrating natural, mixed textures.
    — Elle Turner, Glamour, 10 Mar. 2025
Definition of natural

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