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pharming
[ fahr-ming ]
/ ˈfɑr mɪŋ /
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noun
the process of producing medically useful products from genetically modified plants and animals.
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Origin of pharming
Words nearby pharming
pharmacopoeia, pharmacotherapy, pharmacy, Pharm.B., Pharm.D., pharming, Pharm.M., Pharos, Pharr, Pharsalia, Pharsalus
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How to use pharming in a sentence
Just take the theory out ov pharming, and thare aint nothing left, but hard work, and all fired lite krops.
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British Dictionary definitions for pharming (1 of 2)
pharming1
/ (ˈfɑːmɪŋ) /
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
British Dictionary definitions for pharming (2 of 2)
pharming2
/ (ˈfɑːmɪŋ) /
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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