biocontainment
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of biocontainment
Example Sentences
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Testing environments need to be treated like biocontainment labs, where a virus or bacteria could otherwise escape into the world, Lohn said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
If any quarantined passengers develop symptoms, they will be moved to biocontainment units.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
The two passengers had traveled to the U.S. in biocontainment units “out of an abundance of caution,” the agency added.
From Barron's ● May 11, 2026
That person is staying in biocontainment at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026
The suite known as AA-5 was a group of negative-pressure biocontainment rooms that had been set up as a research lab for Ebola_ virus by a civilian Army scientist named Eugene Johnson.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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