biomedium

noun

Etymology

From bio- + medium.

  1. derived from *médʰyos
  2. derived from *meðjos
  3. borrowed from medium
  4. prefixed as biomedium — “bio + medium

Definitions

  1. In wastewater treatment, a piece of non-toxic extruded plastic that serves as a substrate…

    In wastewater treatment, a piece of non-toxic extruded plastic that serves as a substrate for bacteria which biodegrade the waste in the water resulting in clean effluent.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for biomedium. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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