Biosafe

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not causing harm to biological organisms. not-comparable

    "Zinc oxide is biosafe and, therefore, there are no toxic effects for biomedical applications that immobilize and modify biomolecules (Kumar and Shen, 2008)."

Example

More examples

"Zinc oxide is biosafe and, therefore, there are no toxic effects for biomedical applications that immobilize and modify biomolecules (Kumar and Shen, 2008)."

Etymology

From bio- + safe.

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