biobank
noun
- repository of biological samples used for research
verb
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noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- English bank English biobank From bio- + bank.
- Any of several types of repository of biological material (e.g. seeds) or information (e.g. DNA).
“2016, Alysson Bessani et al, "BiobankCloud: A Platform for the Secure Storage, Sharing, and Processing of Large Biomedical Data Sets" (abstract), Biomedical Data Management and Graph Online Querying. Biobanks store and catalog human biological material that is increasingly being digitized using next-generation sequencing (NGS).”
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- English bank English biobank From bio- + bank.
- To store (biological material) in a biobank.