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biotherapeutic

biotherapeutic noun: a therapeutic material produced using biological means, including recombinant DNA technology.

Noun

biotherapeutic (plural biotherapeutics)

  1. A therapeutic material produced using biological means, including recombinant DNA technology.
    • “We want to become a leader in biotherapeutics and vaccines,” Jeffrey B. Kindler, Pfizer’s chief executive, said Monday at the Manhattan news conference where the deal was announced.2009 January 27, Natasha Singer, “In Wyeth, Pfizer Sees a Drug Pipeline”, in New York Times

Forms of biotherapeutic

pluralbiotherapeutics

Origin of biotherapeutic

From bio- + therapeutic.

Questions about biotherapeutic

What does biotherapeutic mean?
Biotherapeutic means a therapeutic material produced using biological means, including recombinant DNA technology.
What part of speech is biotherapeutic?
Biotherapeutic is a noun.
What is the plural of biotherapeutic?
The plural of biotherapeutic is biotherapeutics.

Words near biotherapeutic in the dictionary

  1. biotested
  2. biotesting
  3. biotests
  4. biotheological
  5. biotheology
  6. biotherapeutic
  7. biotherapeutical
  8. biotherapeutics
  9. biotherapic
  10. biotherapies
  11. biotherapist

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