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Biotechnology
Also known as 'Biotech' , it is the use of micro-organisms and biological substances to perform specific industrial or manufacturing procedures.
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bioluminescence
Biology; Biochemistry
An organism's ability to illuminate with its own body chemistry. For example, fireflies or glowing sea plankton glow in the dark. Unlike conventional light techniques, ...
antibody
Biology; Biochemistry
any of numerous Y -shaped protein molecules produced by B cells as a primary immune defense, each molecule and its clones having a unique binding site that can combine with the ...
instructions for use
Biotechnology; Biochemistry
"a manual usually accompanying a technical device and explaining how to install or operate it" Essential Requirements - Medical Device Directive 93/42/EEC - Annex I, 13.1: Each ...
description
Biotechnology; Biochemistry
description a statement presenting something in words, from verb describe
biometal
Biotechnology; Biochemistry
A special metal composed of both organic and non-organic matters. Having skin-like flexibility and steel-like strength.
antibiosis
Biology; Biochemistry
A relationship between two organisms in which one is harmful to the other, or between an organism and an antibiotic produced by the other.
digestion
Biology; Biochemistry
Mechanical and chemical breakdown of food into smaller components that are easily absorbed.
Sub-categories
- Biochemistry (10177)
- Biomedical (143)
- Blue biotechnology (31)
- Genetic engineering (96844)
- Green biotechnology (104)