biosensing

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noun

The use of nanoscale or microscale biological sensors.

OriginEnglish sensing ← Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-) ← Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- →
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Meanings

nounbiosensing (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebiotechnologyThe use of nanoscale or microscale biological sensors.

    All sensing and biosensing techniques developed for the determination of various classes of coronaviruses are useful to recognize the newly immerged coronavirus, i.e., SARS-CoV-2.

    2021, Y. Orooji, H. Sohrabi, “An Overview on SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) and Other Human Coronaviruses and Their Detection Capability via Amplification Assay, Chemical Sensing, Biosensing, Immunosensing, and Clinical Assays”, in Nano-micro letters, volume 13, number 1, →DOI, →PMID

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  2. Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
  3. Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
  4. Englishbio-
  5. Englishsensing
  6. Englishbiosensing

From bio- + sensing.

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APA

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MLA

“biosensing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biosensing. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “biosensing,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biosensing.

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