(lede) by everyone Sat Feb 12 2000 at 20:06:35
Capable of decomposing into harmless products;
as, a new generation of biodegradable plastics.
Greek bios (life) and Late Latin degradare (to reduce the rank of).
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(thing) by BioTech Thu Jun 27 2002 at 20:30:06
Able to be decomposed by natural biological processes, such as by being digested by bacteria or fungi.

From the BioTech Dictionary at http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/. For further information see the BioTech homenode.

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