biocontainment.

Measures that keep hazardous or controlled biological material from escaping or exposing unintended people or environments.

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Words that belong together

• biocontainment chamber
• biocontainment protocol

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The biocontainment protocol closed the doors before the sample tray opened.

A biocontainment chamber separated the culture from the ordinary ventilation.

Usage notes

Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.