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Any of several types of repository of biological material (e.g. seeds) or information (e.g. DNA).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
Examples
- 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. Biobanks store and catalog human biological material that is increasingly being digitized using next-generation sequencing (NGS).
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To store (biological material) in a biobank.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gweyh3-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- English bank English biobank From bio- + bank.
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
biobanc
— any of several types of repository of material
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Finnish:
biopankki
— any of several types of repository of material
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Greek:
βιοτράπεζα
(viotrápeza)
— any of several types of repository of material
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Indonesian:
biobank
— any of several types of repository of material
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Irish:
bithbhanc
— any of several types of repository of material
