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pharming1
nounpharming (uncountable)
- uncountableThe use of genetic engineering to alter an animal or plant in order to make it produce a pharmaceutical or similar product.
Synonyms: biofarming, biopharming
pharming2
nounpharming (uncountable)
- uncountablecomputingThe redirection of traffic for one website to another, with intent to deceive.
Our prototype implements a basic pharming attack to selectively misresolve the client domain name requests.
2006, Markus Jakobsson, Steven Myers, Phishing and Countermeasures, page 128
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe use of genetic engineering to alter an animal or plant in order to make it produce a pharmaceutical or similar product.
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“pharming.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pharming. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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