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biofiltration

biofiltration noun: a technique for pollution control using living material to capture and biologically degrade process pollutants.

Noun

biofiltration (uncountable)

  1. A technique for pollution control using living material to capture and biologically degrade process pollutants.

Origin of biofiltration

From bio- + filtration.

Questions about biofiltration

What does biofiltration mean?
Biofiltration means a technique for pollution control using living material to capture and biologically degrade process pollutants.
What part of speech is biofiltration?
Biofiltration is a noun.

Words near biofiltration in the dictionary

  1. biofilms
  2. biofilter
  3. biofiltered
  4. biofiltering
  5. biofilters
  6. biofiltration
  7. biofiltrational
  8. biofitness
  9. biofix
  10. biofixes
  11. bioflavanol

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