biosafe

English

Etymology

From bio- +‎ safe.

Adjective

biosafe (not comparable)

  1. Not causing harm to biological organisms.
    • 2011, Sam Zhang, Biological and Biomedical Coatings Handbook: Applications, page 343:
      Zinc oxide is biosafe and, therefore, there are no toxic effects for biomedical applications that immobilize and modify biomolecules (Kumar and Shen, 2008).