biohazard

English

The international symbol for biological hazard

Etymology

bio- +‎ hazard

Noun

biohazard (plural biohazards)

1. A biological hazard; a source of risk due to some biological factor such as bacteria or human waste.
   • 1999 March 24, National Transportation Safety Board, “1.19 New Investigative Techniques”, in Aircraft Accident Report: Uncontrolled Descent and Collision with Terrain, USAir Flight 427, Boeing 737-300, N513AU, Near Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, September 8, 1994‎^[1], archived from the original on 4 June 2022, page 237:

     The OSHA procedures for this type of environment required all investigative and emergency response personnel to wear PPE when they accessed those areas of the accident site containing biological hazards and undergo decontamination procedures after departing the biohazard area.

   • 2020 August 12, “News in Brief: Donation to hospice”, in Rail, page 31:

     South Western Railway's Basingstoke station has donated surplus biohazard waste bags to the nearby St Michael's Hospice.

Derived terms

• biohazard symbol

Translations

biological risk

• Arabic: خطر بيولوجيّ
• Armenian: կենսաբանական վտանգ (kensabanakan vtang), կենսավտանգ (kensavtang)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 生物危害 (shēngwù wēihài), 生物危險／生物危险 (shēngwù wēixiǎn)

• Czech: biologické riziko n
• Dutch: biologisch gevaar n
• Finnish: biohasardi, biovaara
• French: risque biologique
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: biologisches Risiko, Biogefahr f, Biogefährdung (de) f
• Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Icelandic: please add this translation if you can
• Irish: bithghuais f
• Japanese: 生物災害 (せいぶつさいがい, seibutsu saigai), バイオハザード (ja) (baiohazādo)
• Khmer: គ្រោះថ្នាក់ជីវសាស្ត្រ (krʊək tnak ciivea’saah)
• Korean: 바이오해저드 (baiohaejeodeu)
• Macedonian: биолошка опасност f (biološka opasnost)
• Maltese: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: zagrożenie biologiczne
• Portuguese: risco biológico m, biorrisco (pt) m
• Russian: биологическая опасность f (biologičeskaja opasnostʹ)
• Sinhalese: අන්තරායකර ජෛවීය ද්‍රව්‍ය (antarāyakara jaiwīya drawya)
• Spanish: riesgo biológico
• Swedish: biologiskt avfall n, smittbärare (sv) c
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Telugu: please add this translation if you can
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: bioberygl m

Further reading

• biohazard on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “biohazard”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.