bio-security

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noun

the precautions taken to protect against the spread of lethal or harmful organisms and diseases

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Derived forms of bio-security

bio-secure, adjective

Words nearby bio-security

BIOS, biosafety, bioscience, bioscope, bioscopy, bio-security, biosensor, biosimilar, -biosis, biosocial, biosociology

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How to use bio-security in a sentence

This is a blow against freedom of speech, we were told, by the likes of Homeland Security chief Jeh Johnson.
Politicians Only Love Journalists When They're Dead|Luke O’Neil|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
A Charlie Hebdo reporter said that security provision had been relaxed in the last month or so and the police car disappeared.
France Mourns—and Hunts|Nico Hines, Christopher Dickey|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
It opens with Huckabee's dramatic recollection of going through security at the airport.
Huckabee 2016: Bend Over and Take It Like a Prisoner!|Olivia Nuzzi|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Security officials told Agence France-Presse that the gas station manager said he had recognized the two men.
France Mourns—and Hunts|Nico Hines, Christopher Dickey|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST

“There is a heavy security presence but nothing has changed,” agrees Father Javier.
Mexico’s Priests Are Marked for Murder|Jason McGahan|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
This treacherous sort of calm, we thought, might forbode a storm, and we did not allow it to lull us into security.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
He said nothing, however, to the friends he had in view to put up the money and that necessary security.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
The promoters went his security and put up the cash into the bargain, and he went back to the publishing house victorious.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
Her knowledge of native headgear was not extensive, so this measure of extra security did not surprise her.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
This state of security proved a fortunate circumstance, as many of the poor women were at the same time in a state of pregnancy.
An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae|Edward Jenner