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biophilic

biophilic adjective: of or pertaining to biophilia.

Adjective

biophilic (comparative more biophilic, superlative most biophilic)

  1. Of or pertaining to biophilia.
    • And even if we accept the possible explanation that, at the time life appeared, there were in existence biophilic elements now defunct, or vitalising rays no longer radiant, even then, we are met by the facts (i) that even in the lowest organisms there is extraordinary […]1932, Ronald Campbell Macfie, The faiths and heresies of a poet and scientist, Williams & Norgate, page 37
  2. Whose values are critical to the evolution of life in the universe.

Forms of biophilic

comparativemore biophilic
superlativemost biophilic

Origin of biophilic

From bio- + -philic.

Words formed from biophilic

Questions about biophilic

What does biophilic mean?
Biophilic means of or pertaining to biophilia.
What part of speech is biophilic?
Biophilic is an adjective.

Words near biophilic in the dictionary

  1. biophenolics
  2. biophenols
  3. biophenotypic
  4. biophilately
  5. biophilia
  6. biophilic
  7. biophilosopher
  8. biophilosophers
  9. biophilosophical
  10. biophilosophically
  11. biophilosophy

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