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Biosafety

//baɪ.ɑˈseɪf.tiː// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Protection from potential harm from biological agents, such as infectious microbes or modified genes. uncountable

    "“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.”"

  2. 2
    safety from exposure to infectious agents wordnet

Etymology

From bio- + safety.

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