bioreactor
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bio·re·ac·tor
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Definition of bioreactor
: a device or apparatus in which living organisms and especially bacteria synthesize useful substances (such as interferon) or break down harmful ones (as in sewage)
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This can also happen while the cells are multiplying in plates or bioreactors outside of the body, giving rise to neoantigens. — Tobias Deuse, The Conversation, "Stem cells could regenerate organs – but only if the body won’t reject them," 19 Aug. 2019 Some of the larger operations have a bioreactor to ferment the waste and produce methanol to fuel generators to produce electricity used in their operation. — WSJ, "Polluting the Mississippi River and the Gulf," 11 July 2019 But the chicken in Bowman’s pan was grown in a bioreactor, not butchered from a bird. — John Birdsall, WSJ, "Is Lab-Grown Meat Ready for Dinner?," 16 Oct. 2018 The last one is bioreactors, or the big tanks that the process happens inside of. — Angela Chen, The Verge, "These are the technology advances that could end animal farming," 9 Nov. 2018 The company uses human stem cells to create bone marrow cells, which would then be put in a bioreactor. — Jonathan Saltzman, BostonGlobe.com, "Department of Defense gives $3.5m to biotech making blood platelets from stem cells," 27 June 2018 Platelet BioGenesis, which was founded in 2014, said Wednesday that the grant will help the startup develop a bioreactor that is key to the production of platelets, a critical component of blood that promotes clotting. — Jonathan Saltzman — Boston Globe, STAT, "Department of Defense funds biotech making blood platelets from stem cells," 28 June 2018 Platelet BioGenesis, which was founded in 2014, said Wednesday that the grant will help the startup develop a bioreactor that is key to the production of platelets, a critical component of blood that promotes clotting. — Jonathan Saltzman — Boston Globe, STAT, "Department of Defense funds biotech making blood platelets from stem cells," 28 June 2018 Platelet BioGenesis, which was founded in 2014, said Wednesday that the grant will help the startup develop a bioreactor that is key to the production of platelets, a critical component of blood that promotes clotting. — Jonathan Saltzman — Boston Globe, STAT, "Department of Defense funds biotech making blood platelets from stem cells," 28 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'bioreactor.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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bioreactor
noun
bio·re·ac·tor
| \ ˌbī-ō-rē-ˈak-tər
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Medical Definition of bioreactor
: a device or apparatus in which living organisms and especially bacteria synthesize useful substances (as interferon) or break down harmful ones (as in sewage)