biological research Meaning of "biological research"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) scientific research conducted by biologists

Usage(s):

  1. Critics from the social sciences have denounced biological research efforts as intellectually unjustified and politically motivated.
  2. Officially, the center is today engaged only in peaceful biological research--the development of petroleum-eating bacteria, for example, to help clean up oil spills.
  3. But the methodology, which has long been used in biological research, is expected to survive legal challenges, and the FBI is moving rapidly to adopt the technique.
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