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Biological vs Biospecimen - What's the difference?

biological | biospecimen |

As an adjective biological

is of or relating to biology.

As a noun biospecimen is

a specimen of biological material, such as urine, blood, tissue, cells, dna, rna, and protein, to be stored in a biorepository for future research.

biological

English

Adjective

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  • Of or relating to biology.
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    • , author=John T. Jost , title=Social Justice: Is It in Our Nature (and Our Future)? , volume=100, issue=2, page=162 , magazine=(American Scientist) citation , passage=He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record. With this biological framework in place, Corning endeavors to show that the capitalist system as currently practiced in the United States and elsewhere is manifestly unfair.}}
  • Related by consanguinity, especially as to parents and children.

    • Synonyms

    * biologic

    See also

    * adoptive * biological clock * biological father * biological mother * birth mother

    biospecimen

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A specimen of biological material, such as urine, blood, tissue, cells, DNA, RNA, and protein, to be stored in a biorepository for future research