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biosecurity

noun

Etymology

From bio- + security.

  1. derived from sēcūrus — “safe, secure”
  2. derived from sēcūritās
  3. derived from securité
  4. inherited from securite
  5. prefixed as biosecurity — “bio + security”

Definitions

  1. The protection of plants and animals against harm from disease or from human exploitation.

  2. The protection of humans against bioweapons, or from the accidental release of biohazards.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA