bioreactor

English

Etymology

bio- +‎ reactor

Noun

bioreactor (plural bioreactors)

(biochemistry) A fermentation vat, containing microorganisms or biochemically active substances, used for waste recycling or for making drugs.
- 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.

Hyponyms

biodigester
biogester
photobioreactor (both a derived term and a hyponym)

Translations

A fermentation vat containing microorganisms

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

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