biofilm

English

Etymology

From bio- +‎ film. First used in the early 1970s in the context of wastewater treatment.

Noun

biofilm (countable and uncountable, plural biofilms)

1. (biology, medicine) A thin film of mucus created by and containing a colony of bacteria and other microorganisms.

Derived terms

• antibiofilm

 

Translations

aggregation of microorganisms

• Finnish: biofilmi, biokalvo
• French: biopellicule m
• German: Biofilm m
• Hungarian: biofilm
• Polish: biofilm (pl) m
• Portuguese: biofilme m
• Slovak: biofilm
• Spanish: biopelícula f

Spanish

Noun

biofilm m (plural biofilms)

1. biofilm