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synthetic biology

[ sin-thet-ik bahy-ol-uh-jee ]

noun

  1. 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 ).


synthetic biology

noun

  1. the application of computer science techniques to create artificial biological systems
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of synthetic biology1

First recorded in 1910–15
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Example Sentences

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.

This remarkable research should have been the starting-point of synthetic biology.

The present work contains some of the earliest results of this synthetic biology.

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