Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A biocompatible material that is used to construct artificial organs, rehabilitation devices, or prostheses and replace natural body tissues.
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- noun A
nonviable material used in a medical device, intended to interact withbiological systems. (source: Consensus definition, 1st Biomaterials Consensus Conference, 1986, Chester, UK) - noun A material intended to interface with biological systems to evaluate, treat, augment, or replace any tissue, organ, or function of the body. (source: Consensus definition, 2nd Biomaterials Consensus Conference, 1992, Chester, UK)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Clone was created illegally using stolen biomaterial.
Black Widow and Nick Fury Make Iron Man 2 Debut; and a Boring Set Photo | /Film 2009
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My synthskin registers the contact with unstable biomaterial and sterilizes my left arm. “You have serious problems, †I say. “Now, what do you think? †“That you†™ re no fun, Meggie. †Jay is chuckling as he builds a grotesque little snowman out of human flesh and liquefied innards. “About the body. †“Oh. †He draws a little smile with his index finger. “Normal.
365 tomorrows » Sundown : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2007
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Silk spiders are too anti-social to farm successfully, but these genetically modified goats provide a way to manufacture the biomaterial on a commercial scale.
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Clone was created illegally using stolen biomaterial.
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My synthskin registers the contact with unstable biomaterial and sterilizes my left arm. “You have serious problems, †I say. “Now, what do you think? †“That you†™ re no fun, Meggie. †Jay is chuckling as he builds a grotesque little snowman out of human flesh and liquefied innards. “About the body. †“Oh. †He draws a little smile with his index finger. “Normal.
365 tomorrows » 2007 » December : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2007
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Washington State (mechanical engineering research on biomaterial as bone scaffolding), and Virginia Tech (engineering on hydrogen fuel cells), resulting in numerous presentations and co-authorship of silk research published in Biomacromolecules; economic case study published in the International
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The capacity of metabolism by organisms ensures that cells have both the needed biomaterial and energy to enable cellular replication.
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Silk spiders are too anti-social to farm successfully, but these genetically modified goats provide a way to manufacture the biomaterial on a commercial scale.
Archive 2009-09-01 2009
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Clone was created illegally using stolen biomaterial.
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Key areas of development include more effective monitoring and assessment techniques, such as remote sensing, the transformation of information and communication technology (ICT), biomaterial engineering, rapid advances in biotechnology and genetic modification, and more efficient and faster transportation.
Environmental change and socioeconomic factors in Africa 2008
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