MEANING
A vessel or system that maintains conditions for a biological process involving cells, organisms, or enzymes.
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- algal bioreactor
- bioreactor vessel
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The bioreactor’s cloudy fluid circulated behind the glass.
An algal bioreactor helped renew the habitat’s air.
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Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular bioreactor; plural bioreactors. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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