biosensor

noun

bio·​sen·​sor ˌbī-(ˌ)ō-ˈsen-ˌsȯr How to pronounce biosensor (audio)
-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

Recent Examples on the Web And if other diseases-causing viruses come along, the biosensor can be adjusted to detect those as well. Alice Park, Time, 13 July 2023 True wireless earbuds have always been an ideal vehicle for biosensor technology, but manufacturers have largely been moving away from it in recent years, opting instead for more audio-centric features like 3D spatial audio and ever-improving noise canceling. Condé Nast, WIRED, 9 Jan. 2024 Now, a team in Japan has married a tiny, effective solar cell to a flexible biosensor to create a heartbeat monitor that powers itself. 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

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Word History

First Known Use

1961, in the meaning defined above

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“Biosensor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biosensor. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

Medical Definition

biosensor

noun
: 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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