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noun
Colonization (typically of a surface) by biological organisms.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
Colonization (and taking control) of populations or states by taking control of their agricultural resources and making them reliant on the colonizer's (bio)medical or agricultural (especially genetically-modified) supplies.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, sciences, social-science, social-sciences
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History
From bio- + colonization.
