biodegradation

See also: biodégradation

English

Etymology

From bio- +‎ degradation.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

biodegradation (countable and uncountable, plural biodegradations)

1. The decomposition of any material by microorganisms.

Related terms

• biodegradable
• biodegrade

Translations

decomposition of any material by microorganisms

• Catalan: biodegradació (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 生物降解 (zh) (shēngwù jiàngjiě)

• Czech: biologický rozklad m, biodegradace f
• Finnish: biohajoaminen
• French: biodégradation (fr) f
• Irish: bithmhilleadh m
• Italian: biodegradazione (it) f
• Polish: biodegradacja (pl) f
• Russian: биодеграда́ция (ru) f (biodegradácija)
• Spanish: biodegradación f
• Ukrainian: біодеградація f (biodehradacija)

See also

• biodegradation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia