biosecurityn.
/ˌbʌɪəʊsᵻˈkjʊərᵻti/, /ˌbʌɪəʊsᵻˈkjɔːrᵻti/, U.S. /ˌbaɪoʊsəˈkjʊrədi/ Protection against the incursion or escape of potentially harmful or undesirable organisms, esp. pathogens.
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1973 Catal. U.S. Dept. Health, Educ. & Welfare Publ. 15/2 Laboratory Safety at the Center For Disease Control... This manual brings together information that will assist supervisors in carrying out their responsibilities in biosecurity.
1985 Avian Dis. 29 740 Biosecurity precautions directed toward separating domestic poultry from wild birds are encouraged.
2000 N.Y. Times 9 May f2/2 The spider, a Chilean rose tarantula, is just one organism on a long list of animals, plants and microbes that are unwanted in New Zealand, a country serious about its biosecurity.
2004 Foreign Policy July–Aug. 87/3 Biological knowledge is needed to develop weapons, but it is also vital to developing the drugs, vaccines, and other countermeasures essential to biosecurity.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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