biocontainment

[bahy-oh-kuhn-teyn-muhnt]

bi·o·con·tain·ment

[bahy-oh-kuhn-teyn-muhnt]
noun
the confinement, as by sealed-off chambers, of materials that are harmful or potentially harmful to life.

Origin:
bio- + containment
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Biocontainment has a plethora of syllables.
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the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
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