Bioreactor
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A vat or pressure vessel, containing microorganisms or biochemically active substances, used for biotechnological processes such as fermentation, waste recycling, or making drugs.
"First, there will be little reaction in the settler so that the concentrations of soluble constituents in the recycle stream are the same as those in the bioreactor."
Example
More examples"First, there will be little reaction in the settler so that the concentrations of soluble constituents in the recycle stream are the same as those in the bioreactor."
Etymology
From bio- + reactor.
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