biodegradable

created by Lometa
(lede) by everyone (4.7 mon) (print)   (I like it!) Sat Feb 12 2000 at 20:06:35
Capable of decomposing into harmless products;
as, a new generation of biodegradable plastics.
Greek bios (life) and Late Latin degradare (to reduce the rank of).
(thing) by BioTech (7.9 mon) (print)   (I like it!) Thu Jun 27 2002 at 20:30:06
Able to be decomposed by natural biological processes, such as by being digested by bacteria or fungi.

From the BioTech Dictionary at http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/. For further information see the BioTech homenode.

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