Biosafety
the maintenance of safe conditions in biological research to prevent harm to workers, nonlaboratory organisms, or the environment.
contemporary examples
growing number of biosafety labs raises red flags center for public integrity august 19, 2014
noun
the precautions taken to control the cultivation and distribution of genetically modified crops and products
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a device that senses and transmits information about a biological process, as blood pressure, of an individual under observation.
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