biosafety level
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1. the level of safety from exposure to infectious agents; depends on work practices and safety equipment and facilities (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | grade, level, tier, |
| definition | : | a relative position or degree of value in a graded group (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | biosafety level 1, |
| definition | : | exposure only to infectious agents that do not ordinarily cause human disease (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | biosafety level 2, |
| definition | : | exposure to infectious agents that can cause disease in humans but whose potential for transmission is limited (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | biosafety level 3, |
| definition | : | exposure to infectious agents that can be transmitted by the respiratory route and which can cause serious infection (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | biosafety level 4, |
| definition | : | exposure to exotic infectious agents that pose a high risk of life-threatening disease and can be transmitted as an aerosol and for which there is no vaccine or therapy (noun.state) |
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