biosensor

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bio·sen·sor | \ ˌbī-(ˌ)ō-ˈsen-ˌsȯr

, -ˈsen(t)-sər \

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Recent Examples on the Web Pizzi was one of about 50 runners at Boston wearing a prototype of Nix, an inexpensive and disposable biosensor that analyzes sweat on the skin and gives real-time data on fluid loss and electrolyte levels. — Graham Averill, Outside Online, 1 July 2019 Historically, iMotions has developed software to analyze a variety of biosensor inputs. — Roger Dooley, Forbes, 7 Nov. 2021 Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis, for instance, are developing a biosensor that is coated in tiny antibody fragments, or nanobodies, that bind to SARS-CoV-2. — Emily Anthes, New York Times, 11 July 2021 This booming industry also helped Oura, the health technology company that created the Oura Ring (a biosensor sleep tracker), become a unicorn in 2020. — Frank Fitzpatrick, Forbes, 1 June 2021 That’s enough to power the biosensors as well as wireless communication. — Wei Gao, The Conversation, 22 Apr. 2020 For more than a decade, Snyder, a biology researcher at Stanford University, has been using consumer wearables to determine whether these kinds of biosensors—and the data collected from them—can help track the onset of infections or illness. — Lauren Goode, Wired, 14 Apr. 2020 Her poem, inscribed on a silk biosensor intended for implantation, can be viewed through a microscope. — BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2019 In 2014, Brauer conducted a study of 120 workers at a London media agency who wore wrist devices to monitor movement and biosensors to measure brain activity. — Katie Johnston, BostonGlobe.com, 16 July 2019 See More

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biosensor

noun

bio·sen·sor | \ ˈbī-ō-ˌsen-ˌsȯ(ə)r, -ˌsen(t)-sər

Medical Definition of biosensor

: a device that monitors and transmits information about a life process especially : a device consisting of a biological component (such as an enzyme or bacterium) that reacts with a target substance and an electrochemical or optical component that detects the resulting products or by-products and emits a signal New biosensors that can sniff out traces of the explosives RDX and TNT may be used to help clean up old munitions sites. — Science News