Biobank
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Biobank is a noun meaning (biology) Any of several types of repository of biological material (e.g. seeds) or information (e.g. DNA).
Meaning
(biology) Any of several types of repository of biological material (e.g. seeds) or information (e.g. DNA).
More Meanings
- (biology, transitive) To store (biological material) in a biobank.
Example Sentences
2016, Alysson Bessani et al, "BiobankCloud: A Platform for the Secure Storage, Sharing, and Processing of Large Biomedical Data Sets" (abstract), Biomedical Data Management and Graph Online Querying. Biobanks store and catalog human biological material that is increasingly being digitized using next-generation sequencing (NGS).
Word Forms
- biobanks
- biobanking
- biobanked
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include biobanker, biorepository, biocollection, bioarchive, biospecimen, cryobank.
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