biological product

noun

: a complex pharmaceutical substance, preparation, or agent of organic origin depending for its action on the processes effecting immunity and used especially in diagnosis and treatment of disease (such as a vaccine or pollen extract)

also : any such complex product of organic or synthetic origin obtained or standardized by biological methods or assay (such as arsphenamine, pituitary extract, or insulin) : biologic

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