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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Word of the Day

29 March 2025

THOUGHTLESS

(adjective) without care or thought for others; “the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; ‘Let them eat cake’”


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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