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It was a chance encounter with a biotech entrepreneur from Ireland that got me started as an entrepreneur in India, because I partnered this Irish company in setting up India's first biotech company.
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

Meaning of "biotech" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BIOTECH

biotech  [ˈbaɪəʊˌtɛk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BIOTECH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Biotech is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BIOTECH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Biotechnology

Biotechnology is the use of living systems and organisms to develop or make useful products, or "any technological application that uses biological systems, living organisms or derivatives thereof, to make or modify products or processes for specific use". Depending on the tools and applications, it often overlaps with the fields of bioengineering and biomedical engineering. For thousands of years, humankind has used biotechnology in agriculture, food production, and medicine. The term itself is largely believed to have been coined in 1919 by Hungarian engineer Károly Ereky. In the late 20th and early 21st century, biotechnology has expanded to include new and diverse sciences such as genomics, recombinant gene technologies, applied immunology, and development of pharmaceutical therapies and diagnostic tests.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BIOTECH


Aztec
ˈæztɛk
Caltech
ˈkælˌtɛk
cinematheque
ˌsɪnɪməˈtɛk
clean-tech
ˈkliːnˈtɛk
conteck
ˈkɒntɛk
discotheque
ˈdɪskəˌtɛk
hi-tec(h)
ˈhaɪˈtɛk
Kohoutek
kəˈhuːtɛk
low-tech
ləʊ tɛk
Mixtec
ˈmiːstɛk
tec
tɛk
tech
tɛk
Toltec
ˈtɒltɛk
videotheque
ˈvɪdɪəʊtɛk
zaitech
ˈzaɪtɛk
Zapotec
ˈzɑːpəˌtɛk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BIOTECH

biota
biotechnical
biotechnological
biotechnologically
biotechnologist
biotechnology
biotelemetric
biotelemetry
bioterror
bioterrorist
biotic
biotically
biotin
biotite
biotitic
biotope
biotoxin
biotron
biotroph
bioturbation

WORDS THAT END LIKE BIOTECH

beech
copper beech
Czech
free speech
hate speech
hi tech
hi-tech
high tech
high-tech
lech
leech
lo tech
low tech
Marrakech
MTech
nanotech
pech
Queen´s speech
screech
speech

Synonyms and antonyms of biotech in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «biotech» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BIOTECH

Find out the translation of biotech to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of biotech from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «biotech» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

生物技术
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

biotecnología
570 millions of speakers

English

biotech
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बायोटेक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التكنولوجيا الحيوية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

биотехнологии
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

biotecnologia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জৈবপ্রযুক্তি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

biotechnologie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bioteknologi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Biotech-
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

バイオテクノロジー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

생명 공학
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Biotech
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

công nghệ sinh học
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உயிரியல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बायोटेक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

biyoteknoloji
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

biotech
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Biotech
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

біотехнології
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

biotehnologie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βιοτεχνολογίας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

biotech
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

biotech
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

biotech
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of biotech

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BIOTECH»

The term «biotech» is very widely used and occupies the 17.342 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BIOTECH» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «biotech» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «biotech» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about biotech

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6 QUOTES WITH «BIOTECH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word biotech.
1
Jay Inslee
The 1st Congressional District contains almost half of the biotech and biomedical companies in Washington, and my job often allows me to meet the people responsible for this exciting research.
2
Steve Jurvetson
When a nanotech company matures and becomes a real business, it becomes something else. It becomes a biotech company or a cleantech company or a memory chip company. Nanotechnology has fueled the core innovations in electronics and energy.
3
Steve Jurvetson
The first generation of biotech physically cut and pasted from one organism to another. You learned that taxol helped cure cancer, then you found the source organism and extracted the genes to make your drug. Now physical science is becoming information science.
4
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
It was a chance encounter with a biotech entrepreneur from Ireland that got me started as an entrepreneur in India, because I partnered this Irish company in setting up India's first biotech company.
5
Luc Montagnier
We are working with a biotech company, Calypte, which has designed a urine test for the HIV antibody.
6
Mohnish Pabrai
Industries with rapid change are the enemy of the investor. Tech businesses, particularly biotech, is a problem from that point of view. All industries work with change, but you should ideally be investing in businesses with a low rate of change, not a high rate of change.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BIOTECH»

Discover the use of biotech in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to biotech and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Genentech: The Beginnings of Biotech
Integrating the scientific, the corporate, the contextual, and the personal, Genentech tells the story of biotechnology as it is not often told, as a risky and improbable entrepreneurial venture that had to overcome a number of powerful ...
Sally Smith Hughes, 2011
2
Biotech: The Countercultural Origins of an Industry
In Biotech, Eric J. Vettel chronicles the story behind genetic engineering, recombinant DNA, cloning, and stem-cell research.
Eric J. Vettel, 2011
3
Science Business: The Promise, the Reality, and the Future ...
This book attempts to answer this question by providing a critique of the industry. It reveals the causes of biotech's problems and offers an analysis on how the industry works.
Gary P. Pisano, 2006
4
Asian Biotech: Ethics and Communities of Fate
As many of the essays in this collection illustrate, state involvement in biotech initiatives is driving the emergence of “biosovereignty,” an increasing pressure for state control over biological resources, commercial health products, ...
Aihwa Ong, Nancy N. Chen, 2010
5
Biotech Investing: Every Investor's Guide
Filled with proven strategies and practical advice for selecting the best biotech stocks, a valuable guide to biotechnology investments examines the best and worst contenders; details the latest developments in the field; and reveals how ...
Jim McCamant, James D. McCamant, 2002
6
Welcome to BioTech Nation: My Unexpected Odyssey Into the ...
Welcome to BioTech Nation is a fast-paced account of Gunn's accidental plunge into the "biotech rabbit hole.
Moira Anne Gunn, 2007
7
Biotech: frontiers of medicine
Presents the field of biotechnology, which links biology and technology, discussing how living things can be altered by science and engineering.
David Jefferis, 2002
8
The Biotech Age : The Business of Biotech and How to Profit ...
Major developments that have taken place since the book was published, The human genome was mapped by Celera Genomics in June, 2000, well ahead of schedule, just a few months after a rough draft was finished.
Richard Oliver, Richard W. Oliver, 2003
9
Betting on Biotech: Innovation and the Limits of Asia's ...
" In Betting on Biotech, Joseph Wong examines the emerging biotechnology sector in each of these three industrial dynamos.
Joseph Wong, 2011
10
Biotech Funding Trends: Insights from Entrepreneurs and ...
The book outlines the various funding opportunities for the biotech industry and identifies ways for both sides to overcome their existing prejudices in order to successfully thrive in a competitive environment.
Alexandra Carina Gruber, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BIOTECH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term biotech is used in the context of the following news items.
1
What's behind the boom in biotech stocks
The largest stock in the biotech index, Foster City's Gilead Sciences, is up 32 percent and now boasts a market value of $170 billion. «San Francisco Chronicle, Jul 15»
2
Sartorius Stedim Biotech acquires Cellca
Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), an international supplier to the pharma and biotech industries, has acquired the Laupheim (Germany) based ... «Business Standard, Jul 15»
3
3 Biotech Stocks Working On CAR-T Immunotherapy You Ought To …
(NASDAQ:CELG) shocked biotech investors when it agreed to pay $1 billion for $850 million worth of Juno Therapeutics' (NASDAQ:JUNO) ... «Motley Fool, Jul 15»
4
West Coast Biotech Roundup: Juno, UCSD v. USC, Natera, LSDF …
It was a short work week leading up to the 4th of July, but it was long on news out West. There were plenty of fireworks of the legal, political, and ... «Xconomy, Jul 15»
5
East Coast Biotech Roundup: Vertex, Biogen, Sarepta, Juno, & More
And all this happened while Xconomy's Deputy Biotech Editor Ben Fidler is out of the office. Here's a quick look back at last week's work:. «Xconomy, Jul 15»
6
Peninsula biotech surges as FDA lifts hold on growth hormone study
Versartis Inc. can jumpstart enrollment in a critical late-stage clinical trial of its treatment for growth hormone deficiency after federal drug ... «San Francisco Business Times, Jul 15»
7
As early stage biotech funding dries up, VCs urge caution for …
Young life science and biotech companies in Washington state don't have it easy when it comes to raising cash. At the Life Science Innovation ... «Puget Sound Business Journal, Jul 15»
8
Podcast: Scientists testify on GMOs before Congress; American …
Talking Biotech discusses a recent trek to Washington D.C., where Kevin Folta, Chris Barbey and Alejandra Abril Guevara answered questions ... «Genetic Literacy Project, Jul 15»
9
Biotech, Health Care Likely to Drive IPOs at NYSE in Second Half
Garvis Toler, head of global capital markets at the New York Stock Exchange, reviews the landscape of initial public offerings during the first ... «TheStreet.com, Jul 15»
10
Swedish cancer biotech Oasmia Pharmaceutical files for a $23 …
Oasmia Pharmaceutical, which is developing formulations of widely-used cancer drugs for humans and dogs, filed on Monday with the SEC to ... «Nasdaq, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Biotech [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/biotech>. Apr 2024 ».
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