biosafety.

Principles and practices used to reduce the risk of harm to people or the environment from biological agents or materials.

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Words that belong together

• biosafety procedures
• a biosafety assessment

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The biosafety assessment delayed the sample’s transfer into the shared laboratory.

The story’s breach began when routine biosafety procedures were ignored.

Usage notes

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