synthetic biology
[ sin-thet-ik bahy-ol-uh-jee ]
/ sɪnˈθɛt ɪk baɪˈɒl ə dʒi /
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noun
the development and application of scientific methods to create or redesign biological organisms and systems using lab-made DNA.Compare genetic engineering (def. 1), CRISPR (def. 2).
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Origin of synthetic biology
First recorded in 1910–15
Words nearby synthetic biology
synthesize, synthesizer, synthespian, synthetase, synthetic, synthetic biology, synthetic cubism, synthetic detergent, synthetic division, synthetic fuel, synthetic geometry
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How to use synthetic biology in a sentence
Dr. Jeff Tabor describes his process using synthetic biology as “kind of like putting together Legos.”
Hence the study of the physics of diffusion and osmosis is the very basis of synthetic biology.
The Mechanism of Life|Stphane LeducThis remarkable research should have been the starting-point of synthetic biology.
The Mechanism of Life|Stphane LeducThe present work contains some of the earliest results of this synthetic biology.
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British Dictionary definitions for synthetic biology
synthetic biology
noun
the application of computer science techniques to create artificial biological systems
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