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biobank

biobank noun: any of several types of repository of biological material (e.g. seeds) or information (e.g. DNA).

Noun

biobank (plural biobanks)

  1. Any of several types of repository of biological material (e.g. seeds) or information (e.g. DNA).
    • Biobanks store and catalog human biological material that is increasingly being digitized using next-generation sequencing (NGS).2016, Alysson Bessani et al, "BiobankCloud: A Platform for the Secure Storage, Sharing, and Processing of Large Biomedical Data Sets" (abstract), Biomedical Data Management and Graph Online Querying.

Verb

biobank (third-person singular simple present biobanks, present participle biobanking, simple past and past participle biobanked)

  1. (transitive) To store (biological material) in a biobank.

biobank meaning in Indonesian

biobank in Indonesian

any of several types of repository of material
biobank

Forms of biobank

Noun
pluralbiobanks
Verb
third-person singular presentbiobanks
present participlebiobanking
past participlebiobanked
pastbiobanked

Origin of biobank

From bio- + bank.

Words formed from biobank

Questions about biobank

What does biobank mean?
Biobank means any of several types of repository of biological material (e.g. seeds) or information (e.g. DNA).
What is biobank in Indonesian?
Biobank in Indonesian is biobank. See Biobank meaning in Indonesian.
What part of speech is biobank?
Biobank can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of biobank?
The plural of biobank is biobanks.

Words near biobank in the dictionary

  1. biobags
  2. bioball
  3. bioballistic
  4. bioballistics
  5. bioballs
  6. biobank
  7. biobanked
  8. biobanker
  9. biobankers
  10. biobanking
  11. biobanks

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