biosafe

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

bio- +‎ safe

Adjective[edit]

biosafe (not comparable)

  1. Not causing harm to biological organisms.
    • 2011, Sam Zhang, Biological and Biomedical Coatings Handbook: Applications, page 343:
      Zinc oxide is biosafe and, therefore, there are no toxic effects for biomedical applications that immobilize and modify biomolecules (Kumar and Shen, 2008).

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