/buy'oh pros"es/ or, esp. Brit., /-proh"ses/ , Biotech.
n.
1. a method or operation of preparing a biological material, esp. a product of genetic engineering, for commercial use.
v.t.
2. to treat or prepare through bioprocess.
adj.
3. noting, pertaining to, or involving a bioprocess: bioprocess technology.
[ 1975-80; BIO- + PROCESS ]