biotechnological
- adjective
- /ˌbaɪoʊtɛkˈnɑlədʒɪkəl/
- Specialized
- Society faces many questions regarding biotechnological, medical, and environmental ethics, with far-reaching consequences for the health and welfare of individuals, groups, and the environment.
- biotechnological development
- biotechnological and agricultural
- biotechnological and medical
Examples
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The Departments of Biology and Chemistry offer seminars on environmental issues and on topics in biotechnological and medical ethics, in which students examine high-profile or high-interest topics, engage in class debate, and write a comprehensive research paper on an issue that interests them.
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She's a professor of biotechnological law in California.
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But I see no alternative to doing so, since the biotechnological revolution is coming and there is nothing we can do to stop it.
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As conventional medicine reaches a biotechnological peak, there is a deepening crisis of vision and values.
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So the Bobos welcome the move from the sociobiological to the biotechnological era.
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I think that biotechnological enhancement is the ultimate issue and that Kass is absolutely correct on this point.
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Biotechnological developments have led, however, to a bumper crop of books aimed at popular audiences.
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Because each area of engineering focuses on particular types of systems (e.g., mechanical, electrical, biotechnological), engineers become experts in the elements that such systems need.
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Biodiversity prospectors search for genetic and biochemical resources that have commercial value, particularly to the pharmaceutical, biotechnological, and agricultural industries.
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The biotechnological advances in agriculture have led to higher crop yields and better resistance to pests.
How Biological
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Surface Forms
Morphology
biotechnological = biotechnology (semi-transparent) = bio + technology + al
The adjective is directly formed from the noun 'biotechnology' with '-al', but the specialized scientific meaning may not be fully recoverable for an average learner.
Etymology
Biotechnological joins the part bio- meaning 'life', the same part you see in biology, with technology meaning 'tools and methods'. So, biotechnological describes using living things as 'tools' or systems in science and industry.