BIOTECHNOLOGY

Biotechnology

Biotechnology is the use of living systems and organisms to develop or make useful products, or "any technological application that uses biological systems, living organisms or derivatives thereof, to make or modify products or processes for specific use" . Depending on the tools and applications, it often overlaps with the fields of bioengineering and biomedical engineering.

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biotechnology

Noun

  1. the use of living organisms (especially microorganisms) in industrial, agricultural, medical and other technological applications
  2. the application of the principles and practices of engineering and technology to the life sciences


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