biosynthetic
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- adjective
- /ˌbaɪoʊsɪnˈθɛtɪk/
- Specialized
:
biosintético
- Eli Lilly went on in 1982 to sell the first commercially available biosynthetic human insulin under the brand name Humulin.
- biosynthetic pathway
- biosynthetic processes
Examples
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You use NADPH in almost all biosynthetic pathways.
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Almost all insulin used today is biosynthetic recombinant human insulin.
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Hurlburt and his collaborators may eventually be able to use this information to block the biosynthetic pathway that allows geosmin to form in ponds.
Academic text (2003) -
Importantly, acinetobactin is absolutely required for virulence, thus rendering its biosynthetic pathway an attractive antibacterial target.
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Since glycans and glycoconjugates orchestrate various steps of tumor genesis and progression, the cellular biosynthetic machinery involved in glycan biosynthesis constitutes an obvious target for therapeutic strategies.
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In synthetic biology, scientists design biosynthetic pathways to produce valuable compounds.
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The pharmaceutical company relies on biosynthetic methods to create safer medications.
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Researchers are studying biosynthetic processes to develop sustainable biofuels from algae.
Synonyms
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4.6
Relating to the chemical processes in a body that keep it alive
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5.0
About chemical processes and substances in living things
How Biological
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Biosynthetic combines bio- meaning 'life', as in biology, with synthetic, from a root meaning 'to put together', seen in synthesis. So biosynthetic means 'made by life' or 'made like life', which fits materials or pathways that living things build or that copy living processes.