biodegradation

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gweyh3-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- English degradation English biodegradation From bio- + degradation.

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: biodegradació — decomposition of any material by microorganisms
• Chinese Mandarin: 生物降解 (shēngwù jiàngjiě) — decomposition of any material by microorganisms
• Czech: biologický rozklad — decomposition of any material by microorganisms
• Czech: biodegradace — decomposition of any material by microorganisms
• Finnish: biohajoaminen — decomposition of any material by microorganisms
• French: biodégradation — decomposition of any material by microorganisms
• Georgian: ბიოდეგრადაცია (biodegradacia) — decomposition of any material by microorganisms
• Irish: bithmhilleadh — decomposition of any material by microorganisms
• Italian: biodegradazione — decomposition of any material by microorganisms
• Polish: biodegradacja — decomposition of any material by microorganisms
• Russian: биодеграда́ция (biodegradácija) — decomposition of any material by microorganisms
• Russian: биоразложе́ние (biorazložénije) — decomposition of any material by microorganisms
• Spanish: biodegradación — decomposition of any material by microorganisms
• Ukrainian: біодеградація (biodehradacija) — decomposition of any material by microorganisms