Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

biosurveillance

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.12 in modern English

Syllables: bio-surveil-lance
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The monitoring of the biological environment, as for example to forestall disease.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"“We need to have uniform biosurveillance capability to prepare not only for a pandemic, but any outbreak of infectious disease.”"

Etymology

From bio- + surveillance.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: bio

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does biosurveillance mean?: The monitoring of the biological environment, as for example to forestall disease.
Where does biosurveillance come from?: From bio- + surveillance.

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