biopositive

adjective

bio·​positive

¦bīō +

: regenerative

specifically : relating to the phase of radiation damage to living tissue in which repair of previously disrupted tissue takes place (as in the replacing of X-ray-destroyed tumor cells by connective tissue)

Word History

Etymology

bi- entry 2 + positive

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