bioprocess

US: (bī′ō pros′es or, esp. Brit., -prō′ses)

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bi•o•proc•ess  (bī′ō pros′es or, esp. Brit., -prō′ses), [Biotech.]
n. 

1. a method or operation of preparing a biological material, esp. a product of genetic engineering, for commercial use.

v.t. 

2. to treat or prepare through bioprocess.

adj. 

3. noting, pertaining to, or involving a bioprocess:
   bioprocess technology.

• bio- + process 1975–80