Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

biosafe

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: biosafe
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not causing harm to biological organisms.

Example Sentences

"Zinc oxide is biosafe and, therefore, there are no toxic effects for biomedical applications that immobilize and modify biomolecules (Kumar and Shen, 2008)."

Etymology

From bio- + safe.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: bio

Frequently Paired Words

biosafety

Questions

What does biosafe mean?: Not causing harm to biological organisms.
Where does biosafe come from?: From bio- + safe.

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