biotechnology

biotechnology
noun Date: 1941 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 1 • biotechnological adjectivebiotechnologically adverbbiotechnologist noun

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