(ˌpriːbaɪəˈlɒdʒɪkəl) or prebiologic (ˌpriːbaɪəˈlɒdʒɪk)
adjective
occurring or existing before the beginnings of biological life
prebiological in American English
(ˌpriˌbaɪəˈlɑdʒɪkəl)
adjective
prebiotic
prebiological in American English
(ˌpribaiəˈlɑdʒɪkəl)
adjective
of or pertaining to chemicals or environmental conditions existing before the development of the first living things
Also: prebiotic (ˌpribaiˈɑtɪk)
Word origin
[1950–55; pre- + biological]This word is first recorded in the period 1950–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: International Gothic, conflict of interest, drip-dry, hot line, point spreadpre- is a prefix occurring originally in loanwords from Latin, where it meant “before”(preclude; prevent); applied freely as a prefix, with the meanings “prior to,” “in advance of,” “early,”“beforehand,” “before,” “in front of,” and with other figurative meanings (preschool; prewar; prepay: preoral; prefrontal)
Examples of 'prebiological' in a sentence
prebiological
The high total colectomy rate (in the prebiological therapy era) may have contributed to low malignancy rate.
Mary Shuhaibar, Colm O'Morain 2017, 'Colorectal Malignancy in a Prospective Irish Inflammatory Bowel Disease Population15 Years Since Diagnosis: Comparison with the EC-IBD Cohort', Gastroenterology Research and Practicehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/4946068. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Chemical systems that consist of potentially prebiological compartments and chemical reaction networks have been designed to model pre-cellular systems.
Pierre-Alain Monnard, Peter Walde 2015, 'Current Ideas about Prebiological Compartmentalization', Lifehttp://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/5/2/1239. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)