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bioburden

bioburden noun: a measure of an object's contamination with microorganisms.

Noun

bioburden (plural bioburdens)

  1. A measure of an object's contamination with microorganisms.
    • This is appropriate for devices containing low numbers of naturally occurring bioburden. Caution must be used because artificial inoculation may not represent the natural relationship between the normal flora and the device surfaces and […]2001, Anne Booth, Sterilization Validation and Routine Operation Handbook: Radiation, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 50

Forms of bioburden

pluralbioburdens

Origin of bioburden

From bio- + burden.

Questions about bioburden

What does bioburden mean?
Bioburden means a measure of an object's contamination with microorganisms.
What part of speech is bioburden?
Bioburden is a noun.
What is the plural of bioburden?
The plural of bioburden is bioburdens.

Words near bioburden in the dictionary

  1. biobreaks
  2. biobreeding rat
  3. biobreeding rats
  4. biobrick
  5. biobricks
  6. bioburden
  7. bioburdens
  8. biobutanol
  9. Biobío
  10. biocalcarenite
  11. biocalcarenites

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