Biological Matter

Biological material may refer to:

  • Tissue (biology), or just tissue
  • Biomass, living or dead biological matter, often plants grown as fuel
  • Biomass (ecology), the total mass of living biological matter
  • Biomaterials
  • Biocompatible materials and bioapplicable materials
  • Biomolecule, a chemical compound that naturally occurs in living organisms
  • Biotic material, from living things
  • Bio-based material, a processed biotic material
  • Cellular component, material and substances of which cells (and thus living organisms) are composed
  • Organic matter, derived from living things or containing carbon
  • Viable material, capable of living, developing, or germinating under favorable conditions. (see: viability selection)
  • Bodily fluid

Famous quotes containing the words biological and/or matter:

    Man’s biological weakness is the condition of human culture.
    Erich Fromm (1900–1980)

    He was no specialist except in the relation of things.... He took most of his materials at second hand.... But no matter who mined the gold, the image and superscription are his.
    Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)