BIOHAZARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does biohazard mean? 

• BIOHAZARD (noun)
  The noun BIOHAZARD has 2 senses:

1. hazard to humans or the environment resulting from biological agents or conditions

2. any bacterium or virus or toxin that could be used in biological warfare

  Familiarity information: BIOHAZARD used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BIOHAZARD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hazard to humans or the environment resulting from biological agents or conditions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("biohazard" is a kind of...):

health hazard (hazard to the health of those exposed to it)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any bacterium or virus or toxin that could be used in biological warfare

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

biohazard; biological agent

Hypernyms ("biohazard" is a kind of...):

agent (an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect)