biosensor
noun
bio·sen·sor
ˌbī-(ˌ)ō-ˈsen-ˌsȯr 
-ˈsen(t)-sər
: 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
Examples of biosensor in a Sentence
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Now, a team in Japan has married a tiny, effective solar cell to a flexible biosensor to create a heartbeat monitor that powers itself.
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IEEE Spectrum, 4 Oct. 2018
This would make the sensor useful in biosensors to detect diseases, for instance.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 Oct. 2023
Getting any kind of biosensor for the coronavirus to a mass market will take money—lots of it.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 May 2020
Researchers still need to investigate the bandage's biosensor durability in human patients' chronic wounds.
—Simon Makin, Scientific American, 28 June 2023
After about five minutes, a biosensor—made of an electrode attached to an immune system protein from a llama—reads the solution.
—Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 July 2023
The device is equipped with a biosensor that does two things.
—Alice Park, Time, 13 July 2023
Next, an electric current is passed through the biosensor and causes oxidation of a specific amino acid in the spike protein, the final reaction that verifies the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
—Alice Park, Time, 13 July 2023
In addition to temperature and pH, the bandage's biosensor monitors levels of ammonium, glucose, lactate and uric acid; together these measurements provide information about inflammation, infection and stage of healing.
—Simon Makin, Scientific American, 28 June 2023
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IEEE Spectrum, 4 Oct. 2018
This would make the sensor useful in biosensors to detect diseases, for instance.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 Oct. 2023
Getting any kind of biosensor for the coronavirus to a mass market will take money—lots of it.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 May 2020
Researchers still need to investigate the bandage's biosensor durability in human patients' chronic wounds.
—Simon Makin, Scientific American, 28 June 2023
After about five minutes, a biosensor—made of an electrode attached to an immune system protein from a llama—reads the solution.
—Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 July 2023
The device is equipped with a biosensor that does two things.
—Alice Park, Time, 13 July 2023
Next, an electric current is passed through the biosensor and causes oxidation of a specific amino acid in the spike protein, the final reaction that verifies the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
—Alice Park, Time, 13 July 2023
In addition to temperature and pH, the bandage's biosensor monitors levels of ammonium, glucose, lactate and uric acid; together these measurements provide information about inflammation, infection and stage of healing.
—Simon Makin, Scientific American, 28 June 2023
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First Known Use
1961, in the meaning defined above
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biosensor
noun
bio·sen·sor
ˈbī-ō-ˌsen-ˌsȯ(ə)r, -ˌsen(t)-sər
: 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
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