different between biological vs biotherapy

English

Etymology

biology +? -ical

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ba??(?)?l?d??k?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?ba???l?d??k?l/

Adjective

biological (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to biology.
2. Related by consanguinity, especially as to parents and children.
3. (proscribed, an error in non-native speakers' English) Organic (grown without agrochemicals).
   • 2013, J. Hemmelskamp, K. Rennings, and F. Leone (eds.), Innovation-Oriented Environmental Regulation: Theoretical Approaches and Empirical Analysis, p. 49:

     The market for cosmetics with natural ingredients in which the body shop is so successful is still a small one, as is the market for biological food products (1 per cent in the Netherlands).

Noun

biological (plural biologicals)

1. (rare) A biological product.
   • 1917, Lilly, Eli & Company, Indianapolis, A.B.C. Course on Biologicals, page 5

     This elementary treatise on biologicals was designed primarily for the instruction of Lilly salesmen to enable them to handle the biological line intelligently.

Synonyms

• biologic

Translations

See also

• adoptive
• biological clock
• biological father
• biological mother
• birth mother

English

Etymology

bio- +? therapy

Noun

biotherapy (plural biotherapies)

1. (medicine) Any of several unrelated therapies that use natural biological processes, especially those that use parts of the immune system.
2. (medicine) The use of living organisms (such as maggots or leeches) in the control of disease or the healing of wounds.

Derived terms

• biotherapist

Translations