Biosecurity

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The protection of plants and animals against harm from disease or from human exploitation uncountable
  2. 2
    The protection of humans against bioweapons, or from the accidental release of biohazards uncountable

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"But a U.S. government panel on biosecurity, concerned that the mutated virus could fall into the hands of bioterrorists, asked two leading scientific magazines — Science and the British journal Nature — not to publish sensitive details of the work."

Etymology

From bio- + security.

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