bioreactor

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der.

Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os)

Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der.

English bio-

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-der.

Old French re-bor.

Middle English re-

English re-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti

Proto-Italic *agō

Latin agō

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tos

Latin -tus

Latin āctus

Latin ācta

Old French actbor.

Middle English acte

English act

English react

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin -ātor

Old French -eorbor.

Middle English -our

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Latin -torlbor.

English -or

English reactor

English bioreactor

From bio- + reactor.

Noun

bioreactor (plural bioreactors)

2. (biochemistry) A vat or pressure vessel, containing microorganisms or biochemically active substances, used for biotechnological processes such as fermentation, waste recycling, or making drugs.

   Hypernyms: chemical reactor (sometimes construed as coordinate), reaction vessel < reactor

   Hyponyms: biodigester, biogester, chemostat, microbioreactor, minibioreactor, nanobioreactor, photobioreactor, sonobioreactor

   • 2011, C. P. Leslie Grady, Jr.; Glen T. Daigger; Nancy G. Love, Biological Wastewater Treatment, Third Edition, page 189:

     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.

Derived terms

• microbioreactor
• minibioreactor
• nanobioreactor
• photobioreactor
• sonobioreactor

Translations

A fermentation vat containing microorganisms

• Finnish: bioreaktori
• Irish: bith-imoibreoir m
• Italian: bioreattore (it) m
• Polish: bioreaktor m