biosciencen.
/ˈbʌɪəʊˌsʌɪəns/, U.S. /ˈbaɪoʊˌsaɪəns/ Originally: a biological science; biological sciences collectively. Later also spec. (esp. in non-specialist usage): biotechnology or genetic engineering.
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1941 Sci. News Let. 27 Dec. 411/1 Mere photography..is not quite sufficient to satisfy the members of the Bio-Science Club at Rostraver High School.
1958 Clinica Chimica Acta 3 523 Bio-Science Research Foundation, Los Angeles.
1966 I. Asimov Fantastic Voy. i. 12 Tell him I want some crumbs for the bio-sciences.
1990 Bookseller 12 Oct. 1115/1 (advt.) Applicants should have several years' experience in books promotion, a degree or background in the biosciences,..and the authority to deal with editors and scholars at a senior level.
2005 N.Y. Times Mag. 3 Apr. 34/2 Bioscience becomes more computational and less about wet labs, and..all the generic data becomes easily available on the Internet.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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