biotechnology.

The use of organisms, cells, or biological processes to develop useful products or methods.

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Words that belong together

• industrial biotechnology
• biotechnology company

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Biotechnology supplied enzymes for the recycling system.

The colony depended on biotechnology for several medicines.

Usage notes

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