biological phenomenon
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbiologicalandphenomenon
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biological
adjective
uk/ˌbaɪ.əˈlɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl/us/ˌbaɪ.əˈlɑː.dʒɪ.kəl/
connected with the natural processes of ...
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phenomenon
noun[C]
uk/fəˈnɒm.ɪ.nən/us/fəˈnɑː.mə.nɑːn/
something that exists and can be seen, felt, tasted, etc., especially something unusual ...
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(Definition ofbiologicalandphenomenonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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These two men are victims of an inexplicablebiologicalphenomenon.
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His research aims at understanding consciousness as a naturalbiologicalphenomenonand at fruitful interaction between philosophical and empirical research in the study of consciousness.
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Even in a study of a clearly delineatedbiologicalphenomenona variety of experimental methods are usually available.
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Analytical models are simple but informative, describing a particularbiologicalphenomenonwith a reduced set of parameters.
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His mutagenesis work once again proved valuable in unravelling abiologicalphenomenon.
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Abiologicalphenomenonsuch as evolution, despite its intrinsic uncertainty, is also likely to become a useful tool for software engineers.
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Such results are commonly found in animal experiments and, indeed, would appear to be a generally universalbiologicalphenomenon.
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Because of thisbiologicalphenomenon, fertility behaviour of women who marry in adolescence is quite different from that of women who marry at later ages.
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They construct old age as a naturalised, self-evidently negative,biologicalphenomenon, which must be attacked and defeated.
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This relationship does not seem to be linked to measurement errors and might reflect a realbiologicalphenomenon, which however deserves further investigations.
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The process is known as developmental plasticity or fetal programming and is a well-recognisedbiologicalphenomenon.
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And this is because anybiologicalphenomenoncan in principle be interpreted so as to fit in with it if one tries hard enough.
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Overall this finding supports the notion that acute sickness behaviour is essentially abiologicalphenomenonwhose function is adaptive.
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The main premises of the argument for paternity testing are that parenthood is abiologicalphenomenon and that determinations of parentage should therefore adhere to the biological facts.
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Apoptosis: a basicbiologicalphenomenonwith wide-ranging implications in tissue kinetics.
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The theory treats the conscious phenomenal experience of dreaming as a naturalbiologicalphenomenon best understood from the combined viewpoints of psychology, evolutionary biology, and cognitive neuroscience.
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