Biotechnology

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The use of microorganisms, such as bacteria or yeasts, or biological substances, such as enzymes, to perform specific industrial or manufacturing processes. Applications include the production of certain drugs, synthetic hormones, and bulk foodstuffs as well as the bioconversion of organic waste and the use of genetically altered bacteria in the cleanup of oil spills.
  • n. The application of the principles of engineering and technology to the life sciences; bioengineering.
  • n. See ergonomics.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. the use of living organisms (especially microorganisms) in industrial, agricultural, medical and other technological applications
  • n. the application of the principles and practices of engineering and technology to the life sciences
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. same as bioengineering.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the branch of engineering science in which biological science is used to study the relation between workers and their environments
  • n. the branch of molecular biology that studies the use of microorganisms to perform specific industrial processes
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    technology    engineering science    engineering    applied science   
    Variant
    bioengineering   
    Form
    biotechnological   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Egyptology    Scientology    anesthesiology    anthology    anthropology   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bjosug    nanotechnology    telecommunications    semiconductor    pharmaceutical   
     
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