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biological
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[ adjective ] (biology) pertaining to biology or to life and living things
Synonyms Used in print (Frank Oppenheimer, "Science and Fear-- A Discussion...)The useful suggestion of Professor_David_Hawkins which considers culture as a third stage in biological evolution fits quite beautifully then with our suggestion that science has provided us with a rather successful technique for building protective artificial environments . In the life_sciences , there has been an enormous increase in our understanding of disease , in the mechanisms of heredity , and in bio - and physiological chemistry . (LeRoy Fothergill, "Biological Warfare", in Peter...)This concept has stimulated much basic research concerning the behavior of particulate biological materials , the pathogenesis of respiratory infections , the medical management of such diseases and defense against their occurrence . The biological and physical_properties of infectious particles have been studied intensively during the past fifteen years . The behavior of a biological aerosol , on a much smaller scale , is illustrated by a specific field_trial conducted with a non pathogenic organism . |
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