pharming

[fahr-ming]

noun

the process of producing medically useful products from genetically modified plants and animals.

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British Dictionary definitions for pharming

pharming

noun

the practice of rearing or growing genetically-modified animals or plants in order to develop pharmaceutical products

Word Origin for pharming

C20: blend of pharmaceutical + farming

pharming

noun

the practice of redirecting computer users from legitimate websites to fraudulent ones for the purposes of extracting confidential data

Word Origin for pharming

C21: from farming in the sense of cultivating and harvesting; computer-hacker slang often replaces f with ph

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