biohazard

bio·haz·ard | \ ˈbī-ō-ˌha-zərd

Definition of biohazard

: a biological agent or condition that is a hazard to humans or the environment also : a hazard posed by such an agent or condition

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The gasoline spill created a serious biohazard.

Recent Examples on the Web If the camp scores above a certain threshold, a crew of biohazard cleaners are dispatched to move the people living there, then go through the remaining belongings, sorting it into trash and useable property, which is stored in a police facility. — oregonlive, "Portland to resume homeless camp clean-ups after divided City Council votes unanimously," 8 Jan. 2020 The money funds work at two OHSU labs, the OHSU primate center and a top biohazard lab in Canada – all necessary to find out if Sacha’s experimental vaccine can be tested on people. — oregonlive, "OHSU doc dreams of life-time immunity with one flu shot," 21 Sep. 2019 The Idaho Press reports that the inmates say a deputy pulled the used razors from a biohazard waste box before handing them out to inmates to use and that all seven of the inmates tested positive for hepatitis C following the incident. — USA TODAY, "Disney surprise, foreign feral hogs, porous pavement: News from around our 50 states," 13 Sep. 2019 In its statement, Vector said that no biohazard material was being stored in the room where the explosion took place. — Helen Regan, CNN, "Explosion and fire break out at Russian lab known for housing deadly smallpox virus," 17 Sep. 2019 At a recent meeting, one resident held up a biohazard container filled with human blood—one example of the kind of waste carried by eagles into residential neighborhoods. — Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, "Bald Eagles Are Stealing Trash from a Seattle Landfill and Dropping it in the Suburbs," 4 Apr. 2019 Look at this, $12 million for homeless encampment housing, just to clean it up, $2.8 million to wash down biohazard material, and $3.1 million for pitstop portable toilets. — Fox News, "'Angel moms' weigh in on the immigration debate," 24 Aug. 2018 Police then gave him the number of Bio Management Northwest, a biohazard cleaning company, and Gatewood called them. — Christine Clarridge, The Seattle Times, "‘So much blood’: Son haunted by questions after Renton police’s ‘shoddy’ investigation of his dad’s death," 4 Dec. 2018 Workers in biohazard suits at the scene where a former Russian spy and his daughter were found sickened by a nerve agent on March 8 in Salisbury, England. — Anatoly Kurmanaev, WSJ, "Putin’s Unlikely Ally in His Standoff With the West: His Central Banker," 20 Aug. 2018

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“Biohazard.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biohazard. Accessed 25 January 2020.

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biohazard

noun

English Language Learners Definition of biohazard

: a biological or chemical substance or situation that is dangerous to human beings and the environment

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biohazard

noun

bio·haz·ard | \ ˈbī-ō-ˌhaz-ərd, -ˈhaz-

Medical Definition of biohazard

: a biological agent or condition (as an infectious organism or insecure laboratory procedures) that constitutes a hazard to humans or the environment also : a hazard posed by such an agent or condition