the precautions taken to control the cultivation and distribution of genetically modified crops and products
biosafety in American English
(ˌbaɪoʊˈseɪfti)
noun
safety procedures associated with the research and production of biological products
biosafety in American English
(ˌbaiouˈseifti)
noun
the maintenance of safe conditions in biological research to prevent harm to workers, nonlaboratory organisms, or the environment
Word origin
[1975–80; bio- + safety]This word is first recorded in the period 1975–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: bench press, family therapy, gridlock, methanogen, retrovirusbio- is a combining form meaning “life” occurring in loanwords from Greek (biography). On this model, bio- is used in the formation of compound words (bioluminescence). Other words that use the affix bio- include: biogeochemistry, biomechanics, biosynthesis, biotechnology, biotelemetry
Examples of 'biosafety' in a sentence
biosafety
Spain, in contrast, has just one suitable hospital, with much lower biosafety standards.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
A limited number of laboratories are capable of doing the research under the required biosafety conditions.
The Scientist (2000)
He stressed that biosafety staff 'have not identified any infectious exposure risk to lab workers or the public'.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Because infectious baculovirus virions are not produced in mammalian culture, working with baculoviruses often requires less extensive biosafety precautions.