bioreactorn.
/ˌbʌɪə(ʊ)rɪˈaktə/, U.S. /ˌbaɪoʊˌriˈæktər/ An (artificial or organic) structure or apparatus in which a biological reaction or process is carried out, esp. on a commercial scale.
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1974 Chemosphere 3 168 In order to more fully understand the mercury cycle within a marine sediment column, a considerably improved version of our modular bioreactor system has been developed.
1988 New Scientist 26 May 49/1 The future of landfill rests squarely on treating the tip as a natural process plant, a large-scale bioreactor.
1994 N.Y. Times 10 May c9/1 The Rotating Wall Vessel, a ‘bioreactor’ created to grow cells and tissue in space, is already generating new insights into several forms of cancer.
2004 P. F. Hamilton Pandora's Star xv. 478 Sewage was treated in secure bioreactors.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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