1. biobank - Noun
2. biobank - Verb
biobank (plural biobanks)
(biology) Any of several types of repository of biological material (e.g. seeds) or information (e.g. DNA).
Hyponym: cryobank
biobank (third-person singular simple present biobanks, present participle biobanking, simple past and past participle biobanked)
(biology, transitive) To store (biological material) in a biobank.
A total of 10,000 kits were delivered to Lagos State: 3,000 to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, 3,000 to 54Gene Research, 2,000 to the Nigerian Institute for Medical Research, and 2,000 to the Lagos Biobank Laboratory. Source: Internet
UK Biobank found that heart disease and strokes were more common in people without the virus after taking in background information, suggesting the diseases were not specifically risky. Source: Internet
With the grant, she established the COVID-19 Convalescent Biobank, a biorepository for blood samples from individuals who have recovered from COVID-19. Source: Internet