abiologicadj.
/ˌeɪbʌɪəˈlɒdʒᵻk/, U.S. /ˌeɪˌbaɪəˈlɑdʒək/ = abiological adj.
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abiological1868
non-biological1882
abiologic1900
unbiological1950
1900 Catholic World May 198 Louis Pasteur..to whom is due the refutation of the annihilatory abiologic doctrine of spontaneous generation.
1966 Geologische Rundschau 55 553 Are the organic compounds..of biological origin or are they the result of random, abiologic synthesis.
1996 K. S. Robinson Blue Mars 79 It was an odd concept—abiologic life—but there it was,..a kind of living,..moving through the universe in its great systolic/diastolic movement.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1900