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BIOTECH
biotechnology, biotech
(noun) the branch of molecular biology that studies the use of microorganisms to perform specific industrial processes; “biotechnology produced genetically altered bacteria that solved the problem”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
biotech (countable and uncountable, plural bioteches)
(uncountable) Biotechnology
(countable) A company specializing in biotechnology, or stock in such a company
Adjective
biotech (not comparable)
(informal) of, or relating to biotechnology
Source: Wiktionary
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INTUITIVELY
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
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