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pharm·ing
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mɪŋ
/
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fahr
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noun
the process of producing medically useful products from genetically modified plants and animals.
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pharming
1
(ˈfɑːmɪŋ)
—
n
the practice of rearing or growing genetically-modified animals or plants in order to develop pharmaceutical products
[C20: blend of
pharmaceutical
+
farming
]
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pharming
2
(ˈfɑːmɪŋ)
—
n
the practice of redirecting computer users from legitimate websites to fraudulent ones for the purposes of extracting confidential data
[C21: from
farming
in the sense of cultivating and harvesting; computer-hacker slang often replaces
f
with
ph
]
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