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  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  biotechnology 
  n  1:  the  branch  of  molecular  biology  that  studies  the  use  of 
  microorganisms  to  perform  specific  industrial  processes; 
  "biotechnology  produced  genetically  altered  bacteria 
  that  solved  the  problem" 
  2:  the  branch  of  engineering  science  in  which  biological 
  science  is  used  to  study  the  relation  between  workers  and 
  their  environments  [syn:  {bioengineering},  {ergonomics}] 

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