biosafety

English

Etymology

From bio- +‎ safety.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baɪ.ɑˈseɪf.tiː/

Noun

biosafety (uncountable)

1. Protection from potential harm from biological agents, such as infectious microbes or modified genes.
   • 2023 July 19, Jeremy Diamond and Simone McCarthy, “Biden administration suspends funding for Wuhan lab”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     “This action aims to ensure that WIV does not receive another dollar of federal funding,” an HHS spokesperson said in a statement. “The move was undertaken due to WIV’s failure to provide documentation on WIV’s research requested by NIH related to concerns that WIV violated NIH’s biosafety protocols.”

Translations

protection from potential harm from biological agents

• Greek: βιοασφάλεια (el) f (vioasfáleia)
• Irish: bithshábháilteacht f