Meanings
nounbioburden (plural bioburdens)
plural bioburdens
- A measure of an object's contamination with microorganisms.
This is appropriate for devices containing low numbers of naturally occurring bioburden. Caution must be used because artificial inoculation may not represent the natural relationship between the normal flora and the device surfaces and […]
2001, Anne Booth, Sterilization Validation and Routine Operation Handbook: Radiation, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 50
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bioburden. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bioburden
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“bioburden.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bioburden. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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