biopiracy

English

Etymology

bio- +‎ piracy

Noun

biopiracy (uncountable)

1. (derogatory) The appropriation of indigenous biomedical knowledge, especially by patenting naturally occurring substances

Translations

appropriation of biomedical knowledge

• Finnish: biopiratismi
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: biopirataria f

See also

• bioprospecting