Biotechnology

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  bioengineering \bi`o*en*gin*eer"ing\ n.
     1. biological science applied to the study the relation
        between workers and their environments.
  
     Syn: ergonomics.
          [WordNet 1.5]


  
     2. the application of engineeering principles to solve
        problems in medicine, such as the design of artificial
        limbs or organs; -- called also {biomedical engineering}.
        [PJC]
  
     3. the branch of engineering dealing with the application of
        biological processes to the solution of practical
        problems, such as the manufacture of products by
        fermentation, the production and use of enzymes for
        various purposes, the use of microorganisms in
        environmental cleanup, etc.; -- called also
        {biotechnology}.
        [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  biotechnology \bi`o*tech*nol"o*gy\ n.
     same as {bioengineering}.
     [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  biotechnology
       n 1: 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"
       2: the branch of engineering science in which biological
          science is used to study the relation between workers and
          their environments [syn: {bioengineering}, {ergonomics}]