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Biodegradable waste — is a type of waste, typically originating from plant or animal sources, which may be degraded by other living organisms. Waste that cannot be broken down by other living organisms are called non biodegradable.[1] Biodegradable waste can be… … Wikipedia
biodégradable — [ bjodegradabl ] adj. • 1966; angl. biodegradable (1961) ♦ Susceptible d être dégradé par des micro organismes. ⇒vx corruptible, putrescible. La plupart des détergents sont biodégradables. « une brassée de revues froissées, de périodiques… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Biodegradable polymer — Biodegradable polymers are used in medical devices to avoid a second operation to remove them, or to gradually release a drug [http://www.devicelink.com/mpb/archive/98/03/002.html Synthetic Biodegradable Polymers as Medical Devices. 1998 ] First… … Wikipedia
biodegradable — UK US /ˌbaɪəʊdɪˈgreɪdəbl/ adjective ► ENVIRONMENT able to decay naturally and in a way that is not harmful to the environment: »The company, which makes biodegradable waste bags, has manufacturing plants in Italy and Germany. »biodegradable… … Financial and business terms
biodegradable — Capacidad natural de una sustancia química para ser degradada a compuestos menos complejos, o a compuestos que tienen menos átomos de carbono, por bacterias u otros microorganismos. Diccionario Mosby Medicina, Enfermería y Ciencias de la Salud,… … Diccionario médico
biodegradable — also bio degradable, 1960, from BIO (Cf. bio ) + DEGRADE (Cf. degrade) + ABLE (Cf. able) … Etymology dictionary
biodegradable — adjetivo 1. Área: química [Compuesto químico] que puede ser degradado o descompuesto en elementos poco o nada contaminantes por la acción natural biológica: Muchos envases actuales son biodegradables … Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española
biodegradable — adj. Quím. Dicho de un compuesto químico: Que puede ser degradado por acción biológica … Diccionario de la lengua española
biodegradable — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ capable of being decomposed by bacteria or other living organisms. DERIVATIVES biodegradability noun biodegradation noun biodegrade verb … English terms dictionary
biodegradable — [bī΄ōdi grā′də bəl] adj. [ BIO + DEGRAD(E) + ABLE] capable of being readily decomposed by microbial action, as some detergents: distinguished from DEGRADABLE biodegradability n. biodegradation [bī΄ōdeg΄rə dā′shən] biodegrade vt. biodegraded,… … English World dictionary
Biodegradable plastic — For information on plastics derived from renewable raw resources (biomass), see Bioplastic. For information on plastics designed to biodegrade in human bodies, see Biodegradable polymer. Utensils made from biodegradable plastic. Biodegradable… … Wikipedia
