Associations to the word «Biocontainment»

Wiktionary

BIOCONTAINMENT, noun. (biology) Any of several techniques used to ensure that biohazards are contained within a laboratory and not allowed to escape into the environment
BIOCONTAINMENT, noun. (genetics) The modification of an organism's genetic material in order to restrict its ability to reproduce outside of a laboratory

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats