Meanings
nounbioreactor (plural bioreactors)
plural bioreactors
- biochemistryA vat or pressure vessel, containing microorganisms or biochemically active substances, used for biotechnological processes such as fermentation, waste recycling, or making drugs.
First, there will be little reaction in the settler so that the concentrations of soluble constituents in the recycle stream are the same as those in the bioreactor.
2011, C. P. Leslie Grady, Jr.; Glen T. Daigger; Nancy G. Love, Biological Wastewater Treatment, Third Edition, page 189
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
- Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
- Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
- Englishbio-
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinre-
- Old Frenchre-
- Middle Englishre-
- Englishre-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵeti
- Proto-Italic*agō
- Latinagō
- Latināctus
- Latinācta
- Old Frenchact
- Middle Englishacte
- Englishact
- Englishreact
- Englishreactor
- Englishbioreactor
Translations
Finnish bioreaktori
- bioreaktoriA fermentation vat containing microorganisms
Irish bith-imoibreoir
- bith-imoibreoirA fermentation vat containing microorganisms
Italian bioreattore
- bioreattoreA fermentation vat containing microorganisms
Polish bioreaktor
- bioreaktorA fermentation vat containing microorganisms
Cite this entry
APA
bioreactor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bioreactor
MLA
“bioreactor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bioreactor. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bioreactor,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bioreactor.
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