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bioburdens

bioburdens is the plural of bioburden.

Meaning of bioburden

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

Questions about bioburdens

What is bioburdens the plural of?
Bioburdens is the plural of bioburden.

Words near bioburdens in the dictionary

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

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