bioprinting
noun [ U ] uk/ˈbaɪ.əʊˌprɪn.tɪŋ/ us/ˈbaɪ.oʊˌprɪn.t̬ɪŋ/
生物打印
the process of producing tissue or organs similar to natural body parts and containing living cells, using 3-D printing (= a way of creating a solid object from a digital model by printing many separate layers of the object)
Bioprinting allows researchers to create replacement human tissue. 生物打印技术可以让研究人员创造出替代性人体组织。
- More examples
- Bioprinting can be used to print tissues and organs to help research new drugs and treatments.
- It could be just a matter of time before we are using bioprinting to print complete organs.
- Bioprinting allows the realization of computer-generated 3D tissue grafts consisting of cells embedded in a hydrogel environment.
- The institute is developing bioprinting technology to print new skin for placement over burned or otherwise injured skin.