"biosimilar" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: biosimilars [plural]
Etymology: From bio- + similar. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|bio|similar}} bio- + similar Head templates: {{en-noun}} biosimilar (plural biosimilars)
  1. (medicine) A variant of a biopharmaceutical that is marketed following the expiry of the original patent. Wikipedia link: biosimilar Categories (topical): Medicine Related terms: biosimilarity Translations (variant of a biopharmaceutical): biosimilaari (Finnish), biosimilar [masculine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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