biological defense

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   procedures involved in taking defensive measures against attacks using biological agents

   Synonymsbiological defencebiodefensebiodefence

   Broaderdefense

Questions about biological defense

What does biological defense mean?

biological defense means "procedures involved in taking defensive measures against attacks using biological agents".

What is another word for biological defense?

Close synonyms include biological defence, biodefense, biodefence. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is biological defense a common word?

biological defense is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.