biotechn.
/ˈbʌɪəʊtɛk/, U.S. /ˈbaɪoʊˌtɛk/ = biotechnology n. 1. Frequently attributive.
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society > occupation and work > study of work > [noun] > technology or technography > concerned with industry using living organisms
biotechnology1921
biotech1980
society > occupation and work > study of work > [adjective] > relating to technology or technography > branches of
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zygological1978
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nanotech1987
nanotechnological1987
1970 BioScience 20 487/2 (heading) Project biotech recognizes a core of skills common to all levels of biotechnology.]
1980 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 2 Oct. Advisers warn potential biotech investors that the saleable products of these firms are still in the testing stage and profits may be years away.
1986 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 26 June 40/1 Three short years ago there was considerable concern in Japan over the lead held in biotech by the US.
1996 P. H. Duesberg Inventing AIDS Virus iii. 86 The biotech company jumped at the opportunity, making for itself such a name in Japan that the Tokyo government gave the product its approval in one year.
2006 Bull. Atomic Scientists Sept. 31/1 As of 2004, there were 14 biotech ‘mega-countries’, that is countries that grow more than 50,000 hectares of biotech crops.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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