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单词 biotechnology
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biotechnology

noun

bio·​tech·​nol·​o·​gy ˌbī-ō-tek-ˈnä-lə-jē How to pronounce biotechnology (audio)
1
: the manipulation (as through genetic engineering) of living organisms or their components to produce useful usually commercial products (such as pest resistant crops, new bacterial strains, or novel pharmaceuticals)
also : any of various applications of biological science used in such manipulation
2
: ergonomics sense 1
biotechnological
ˌbī-ō-ˌtek-nə-ˈlä-ji-kəl How to pronounce biotechnology (audio)
adjective
biotechnologically
ˌbī-ō-ˌtek-nə-ˈlä-ji-k(ə-)lē How to pronounce biotechnology (audio)
adverb
biotechnologist
ˌbī-ō-tek-ˈnä-lə-jist How to pronounce biotechnology (audio)
noun

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web By Nature, a biotechnology company, Strahan has created Michael Strahan Daily Defense. Greg Emmanuel, Essence, 8 Sep. 2022 This is important, because biotechnology is beginning to produce things that go well beyond yeasts and bacteria. Eben Bayer, Forbes, 25 July 2022 Two biotechnology companies, Roche and Abbott, have announced plans to roll out monkeypox PCR tests, although right now, their test kits are for research only. Jacqueline Howard And Michael Nedelman, CNN, 30 May 2022 The markets may be in free fall, but a few biotechnology companies had an exceptionally good day. Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 20 May 2022 Artificial intelligence’s potential to revolutionize life sciences is so big that biotechnology companies are on a hiring spree for A.I. talent. Jonathan Vanian, Fortune, 26 Apr. 2022 Two Dow Jones Industrial Average components—construction-equipment company Caterpillar Inc. and biotechnology company Amgen Inc.—are AMGN -0.91%▼ on tap to report. Dean Seal, WSJ, 30 July 2022 In longevity biotechnology, several such portals emerged in recent years. Alex Zhavoronkov, Forbes, 29 June 2022 Co-founded by Madhavi Gavini and Rathi Srinivas, Droplette was initially designed to solve a problem in biotechnology: to be able to deliver genes into the skin to treat a variety of rare skin diseases. Kiana Murden, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1921, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

biotechnology

noun

bio·​tech·​nol·​o·​gy ˌbī-ō-tek-ˈnä-lə-jē How to pronounce biotechnology (audio)
: the use of techniques from genetics to combine inherited characteristics selected from different kinds of organisms into one organism in order to produce useful products (as drugs)

Medical Definition

biotechnology

noun

bio·​tech·​nol·​o·​gy -tek-ˈnäl-ə-jē How to pronounce biotechnology (audio)
plural biotechnologies
1
: the manipulation (as through genetic engineering) of living organisms or their components to produce useful usually commercial products (as pest resistant crops, new bacterial strains, or novel pharmaceuticals)
also : any of various applications of biological science used in such manipulation
2
: ergonomics
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