biosafe

English

Etymology

bio- +‎ safe

Adjective

biosafe (not comparable)

1. Not causing harm to biological organisms.
   • 2011, Sam Zhang, Biological and Biomedical Coatings Handbook: Applications, page 343:

     Zinc oxide is biosafe and, therefore, there are no toxic effects for biomedical applications that immobilize and modify biomolecules (Kumar and Shen, 2008).

Related terms

• biosafety