Biological parent
a parent who has conceived (biological mother) or sired (biological father) rather than adopted a child and whose genes are therefore transmitted to the child.
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Physics. the time required for one half the atoms of a given amount of a radioactive substance to disintegrate. Also called biological half-life. Pharmacology. the time required for the activity of a substance taken into the body to lose one half its initial effectiveness. Informal. a brief period during which something flourishes before dying out. […]
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biochemical oxygen demand.
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a school of psychiatric thought concerned with the medical treatment of mental disorders, especially through medication, and emphasizing the relationship between behavior and brain function and the search for physical causes of mental illness.
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a therapeutic substance that is produced naturally or synthesized as a drug to stimulate the body’s immune defense against disease or infection. Abbreviation: BRM.