bioreactor
noun
bio·re·ac·tor
ˌbī-ō-rē-ˈak-tər 
: a device or apparatus in which living organisms and especially bacteria synthesize useful substances (such as interferon) or break down harmful ones (as in sewage)
Examples of bioreactor in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
And in the process of crushing raw material, asteroidal or planetary water would be melted and used to provide a fluid for the bioreactors, Cockell notes.
—
Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2024
Significantly slowing warming caused by methane, for example, would require about 50,000 to 300,000 of Lidstrom’s bioreactors to be active for 20 years.
—Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2024
Galy, a 2020 winner of H&M’s Global Change Award, claims to identify ideal cotton plant cells and cultivate new populations in factory-scale bioreactors that provide the ideal environment for growth.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 16 Sep. 2024
These bioactives play a key role in regulating the body’s metabolic control centers: your brain’s appetite center, the hypothalamus; your gut’s digestive bioreactor, the microbiome; and your cells’ metabolic powerhouses, the mitochondria.
—Christopher Damman, Discover Magazine, 12 Sep. 2024
See all Example Sentences for bioreactor 
Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2024
Significantly slowing warming caused by methane, for example, would require about 50,000 to 300,000 of Lidstrom’s bioreactors to be active for 20 years.
—Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2024
Galy, a 2020 winner of H&M’s Global Change Award, claims to identify ideal cotton plant cells and cultivate new populations in factory-scale bioreactors that provide the ideal environment for growth.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 16 Sep. 2024
These bioactives play a key role in regulating the body’s metabolic control centers: your brain’s appetite center, the hypothalamus; your gut’s digestive bioreactor, the microbiome; and your cells’ metabolic powerhouses, the mitochondria.
—Christopher Damman, Discover Magazine, 12 Sep. 2024
See all Example Sentences for bioreactor
These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'bioreactor.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Dictionary Entries Near bioreactor
Cite this Entry
“Bioreactor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bioreactor. Accessed 5 Oct. 2024.
Copy CitationMedical Definition
bioreactor
noun
bio·re·ac·tor
ˌbī-ō-rē-ˈak-tər
: a device or apparatus in which living organisms and especially bacteria synthesize useful substances (as interferon) or break down harmful ones (as in sewage)
Love words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share