biosensor

From bio- + sensor.

biosensor (plural biosensors)

1. (biochemistry) Any device that detects, records or transmits physiological data, especially data concerning the presence of chemical compounds (analytes)
   • 2005, Cecil Leeburn Wilson et al., chapter 5, in Comprehensive analytical chemistry, →ISBN, page 216:

     Since the early 1980s, considerable research effort has been devoted to the development of fiber optic (FO) biosensors because of their potential sensitivity, detection speed, and adaptability to a wide variety of assay conditions.

2. (biochemistry) A device that uses biological material (e.g. microorganisms, oligonucleotides, enzymes, antibodies) to detect other biological molecules or chemicals.
   • 2005, José-Luis Barredo, chapter 2, in Microbial enzymes and biotransformations, →ISBN, page 29:

     Today's biosensor market is dominated by glucose biosensors, mass-produced enzyme-electrodes for the rapid self-diagnosis of blood glucose levels by diabetes sufferers.

• biosensoric

• sorbinose

From bio- + sensor. First attested in 1984.^[1][2]

• IPA^(key): /bjɔˈsɛn.sɔr/
• Rhymes: -ɛnsɔr
• Syllabification: bio‧sen‧sor

biosensor m inan

1. (biochemistry) biosensor (device that detects, records or transmits physiological data)

• “biosensor”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

• IPA^(key): /bjosenˈsoɾ/ [bjo.sẽnˈsoɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: bio‧sen‧sor

biosensor m (plural biosensores)

1. (biochemistry) biosensor

• “biosensor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025