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biotech

1 American  
[bahy-oh-tek] / ˌbaɪ oʊˈtɛk /

noun

Informal.

  1. biotechnology.

biotech. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. biotechnology.

biotech British  
/ ˈbaɪəʊˌtɛk /

noun

    1. short for biotechnology

    2. ( as modifier )

      a biotech company
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Etymology

Origin of biotech

By shortening

Example Sentences

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That comes after biotech beat the broader market by roughly 20 percentage points in 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Given pharma’s insatiable demand to replenish its pipeline, as well as grounded biotech valuations, there’s good reason to think both dealmaking and biotech share-price gains can keep going.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

For investors, the lesson might be that the best environment for biotech isn’t the one with the biggest deals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

The complex plan would merge Universal with a blank-check company, Pershing Square Sparc Holdings, which would list in the U.S...Gilead Sciences agreed to buy German biotech Tubulis for up to $5 billion in cash.

From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026

Microbiological Associates—which later became part of Invitrogen and BioWhittaker, two of the largest biotech companies in the world —got its start selling HeLa.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

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