"biohacking" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From bio- + hacking. Etymology templates: {{pre|en|bio|hacking}} bio- + hacking Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} biohacking (uncountable)
  1. (informal) The manipulation of biological functioning through, among others, genetics, nutrition and implants for the sake of health or fun, or even maliciously. Tags: informal, uncountable Categories (topical): Genetics Related terms: biohack, biohacker
    Sense id: en-biohacking-en-noun-sdKMGEEY Disambiguation of Genetics: 90 10 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with bio-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Categories (other): Biohacking Disambiguation of Biohacking: 0 0

Verb

Etymology: From biohack + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|biohack|ing|nocat=1}} biohack + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} biohacking
  1. present participle and gerund of biohack Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: biohack Categories (topical): Transhumanism
    Sense id: en-biohacking-en-verb-tohvKMEs Disambiguation of Transhumanism: 17 83 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 79 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 26 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2 Categories (other): Biohacking Disambiguation of Biohacking: 0 0

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