biosurveillance

English

Etymology

From bio- +‎ surveillance.

Noun

biosurveillance (uncountable)

1. The monitoring of the biological environment, as for example to forestall disease.
   • 2007 July 18, Gardiner Harris, “Limited Capacity Is Seen in Flu Defenses”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     “We need to have uniform biosurveillance capability to prepare not only for a pandemic, but any outbreak of infectious disease.”