biofilm

English

Etymology

From bio- +‎ film. First used in the early 1970s in the context of wastewater treatment.

Noun

biofilm (countable and uncountable, plural biofilms)

(biology, medicine) A thin film of mucus created by and containing a colony of bacteria and other microorganisms.

Translations

aggregation of microorganisms

Finnish: biofilmi, biokalvo
French: biopellicule m
German: Biofilm m
Hungarian: biofilm
Polish: biofilm (pl) m
Portuguese: biofilme m
Slovak: biofilm
Spanish: biopelícula f

Spanish

Noun

biofilm m (plural biofilms)

biofilm

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