bi ‧ o ‧ pro ‧ spec ‧ ting /ˌbaɪəʊprəˈspektɪŋ $ ˌbaɪoʊˈprɑːspek-/ BrE AmE ( also ˌbiodiversity proˈspecting / $ ˌ...... ˈ.../) noun [uncountable]
the scientific study of plants and other living things found in nature, such as ↑ bacteria , in order to discover new drugs that can be used as medicines
—bioprospect verb [intransitive]
—bioprospector noun [countable]