biosimilar

biosimilar

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der.
Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der.
English bio-
English similar
English biosimilar

    From bio- + similar.

    Noun

    biosimilar (plural biosimilars)

    1. (medicine) A variant of a biopharmaceutical that is marketed following the expiry of the original patent.
      Hypernyms: similar; generic
      Coordinate term: bio-original

    Translations

    Spanish

    Noun

    biosimilar m (plural biosimilares)

    1. biosimilar
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