bioinkn.
/ˈbʌɪəʊˌɪŋk/, U.S. /ˈbaɪoʊˌɪŋk/ Any of several materials which are used in bioprinting to produce living tissue and are typically composed of cells suspended in a protective biopolymer carrier gel. Also: the carrier gel itself.
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2003 T. Boland et al. in Anat. Rec. 272 498/1 Nontoxic, biodegradable, thermo-reversible gels..are used as a sort of ‘paper’ on which tissue structures can be printed, and the cells are the ‘ink’.]
2003 Expert Opinion Biol. Therapy 3 703/2 The next generation of ‘bioink’ or self-assembling semifluid cell aggregates must be structurally and functionally more sophisticated.
2006 New Scientist 15 Apr. 19/2 To print 3D structures, Forgacs and his colleagues alternate layers of supporting gel, dubbed ‘biopaper’, with the bioink droplets.
2015 Times 21 May 21/2 Cells are suspended in bio ink before being fed into the printer.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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