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bioware

bioware

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A device made from living cells used with people and animals to restore, monitor or improve body functions
  • noun
  • /ˈbaɪoʊˌwɛr/
  • Specialized
translation icon : biomaterial
  • So, I am happy that Bioware will both try something different and plan a return to this franchise already.

Examples

  • Bioware is still aces in my book.

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  • You'll probably have time during the school year for the DLC packages that BioWare keeps releasing.

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  • Did BioWare cut from Mass Effect 3?

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  • In this case, it will be sufficient for Bioware to say they will do a new game.

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  • Meanwhile, BioWare's next expansion for Mass Effect 3, the Omega expansion, has been priced and dated by the studio.

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  • Sorry, I think open-ended games like Skyrim are more RPGs than any recent Bioware offerings.

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  • Rich Vogel, formerly of Bioware, has joined Zenimax Studios under a brand new development team, Battlecry Studios.

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  • The doctor explained how the new bioware could help regenerate damaged tissue.

  • Scientists are researching bioware that can seamlessly integrate with human organs.

  • The latest bioware innovations promise to enhance the body's natural healing processes.

Surface Forms

bioware singular
biowares plural

Morphology

bioware = ware (semi-transparent) = bio + ware

The word is built from the productive prefix bio- plus ware, but the specialized biotech sense is only partly predictable from the base word alone.

Etymology

Bioware combines the prefix bio- meaning 'life' and the ending -ware meaning 'things' or 'products', just like in software and hardware. So bioware is a simple way to say 'life-products'—tools made from living material that are meant to work with living bodies to restore, monitor, or improve their functions.