Other forms: biotechnologies
Biotechnology is the use of living cells and processes in industry. A biotechnology firm.
Brewing and cheese are the oldest examples, though nobody thinks of them that way. Modern biotechnology makes insulin in bacteria, which was once taken from pigs.
1nounbiotechnologyThe use of living cells and processes in industry.
“Biotechnology took the price of the drug down by ninety per cent.”
biotechnology is a field.
Ancient Greek
τεχνολογία — systematic treatment (of grammar)
English
technology
English, today
biotechnology
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From bio- + technology. technology Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek τεχνολογία (“systematic treatment (of grammar)”). Ancient Greek τεχνολογία (“systematic treatment (of grammar)”), from τέχνη (“art”) + -λογία (“study”). by surface analysis, techno- + -logy.
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