biohazard

biohazard
biohazardous, adj.
/buy"oh haz'euhrd/, n.
1. a pathogen, esp. one used in or produced by biological research.
2. the health risk posed by the possible release of such a pathogen into the environment.
[BIO- + HAZARD]

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