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A sensing device that uses a biological component to detect a substance or condition.
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- wearable biosensor
- biosensor array
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The biosensor used an enzyme layer to detect the contaminant.
A biosensor array sampled the colony’s recycled water.
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Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular biosensor; plural biosensors. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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