biocontainment

American  

[bahy-oh-kuhn-teyn-muhnt] / ˌbaɪ oʊ kənˈteɪn mənt /

noun

1. the confinement, as by sealed-off chambers, of materials that are harmful or potentially harmful to life.

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Etymology

Origin of biocontainment

bio- + containment

Example Sentences

Even if used as the sole biocontainment method, it provides an escape frequency of <2´10-10 which far exceeds the NIH guideline of an escape rate of less than 10-8.

From Science Daily • Feb. 6, 2024

The work had been approved by a BU biosafety committee, as well as a Boston city public-health board, and was conducted in a biocontainment facility deemed safe for work with SARS-CoV-2.

From Scientific American • Oct. 25, 2022

It would also fund biosafety and biosecurity measures, biocontainment labs, and clinical trial infrastructure.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 28, 2022

For the next seven months, the scientist will drive from her home in the Rocky Mountains to a warren of secure biocontainment laboratories nestled next to the foothills to test an experimental coronavirus vaccine.

From Washington Post • Jun. 30, 2021

He might order them into the Slammer—the Level 4 biocontainment hospital.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston