Associations to the word «Biotechnology»

Wiktionary

BIOTECHNOLOGY, noun. The use of living organisms (especially microorganisms) in industrial, agricultural, medical and other technological applications.
BIOTECHNOLOGY, noun. The application of the principles and practices of engineering and technology to the life sciences.

Dictionary definition

BIOTECHNOLOGY, noun. The branch of molecular biology that studies the use of microorganisms to perform specific industrial processes; "biotechnology produced genetically altered bacteria that solved the problem".
BIOTECHNOLOGY, noun. The branch of engineering science in which biological science is used to study the relation between workers and their environments.

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