Biological warfare

(noun)

Biological warfare (BW) — also known as germ warfare — is the use of biological toxins or infectious agents such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi with the intent to kill or incapacitate humans, animals, or plants as an act of war.

Related Terms

Examples of Biological warfare in the following topics:

  • Biological Weapons

    • Biological warfare (BW) is the use of biological toxins or infectious agents with the intent to kill or incapacitate.
    • Biological warfare (BW) — also known as germ warfare — is the use of biological toxins or infectious agents such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi with the intent to kill or incapacitate humans, animals, or plants as an act of war .
    • Entomological (insect) warfare is also considered a type of BW.
    • There is an overlap between BW and chemical warfare, as the use of toxins produced by living organisms is considered under the provisions of both the Biological Weapons Convention and the Chemical Weapons Convention.
    • Offensive biological warfare, including the mass production, stockpiling, and use of biological weapons, was outlawed by the 1972 Biological Weapons Convention (BWC).

  • Ion Separation by Fractional Precipitation

    • Army scientists analyze unknown samples to determine whether hazardous chemical or biological warfare agents are present.

  • Trench Warfare

  • War

    • Conventional warfare is an attempt to reduce an opponent's military capability through open battle.
    • Conventional war is declared between existing states in which nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons are not used, or they only see limited deployment in support of conventional military goals and maneuvers.
    • Nuclear warfare is warfare in which nuclear weapons are the primary method of coercing the capitulation of the other side, as opposed to the supporting role nuclear weaponry might take in a more conventional war.

  • Synthesis of Biological Macromolecules

  • History of biological science

  • Molecules in Biological Membranes

  • Aging is Both Biological and Sociological

    • Aging (sometimes spelled as ageing) is both a biological and sociological process wherein human beings experience and accomplish stages of biological and social maturation.
    • Aging may be seen as a relatively objective biological process whereby one becomes older and experiences varied biological developments.
    • This person will likely experience a biological development characterized by the addition of years from birth and by biological understandings of the time (e.g., a being born in 1980 would have a life expectancy, medical and legal definition, and contextual series of economic, educational, and other possibilities based upon birth at this time).
    • As a result, this child's biological age (how far from birth one is) may or may not match this child's subjective age (how old he/she feels and what responsibilities develop at what age).
    • Additionally, this child may not align with societal age norms by not doing what society expects the child to do at certain ages.Aging is a complex process of subjective biological and social realities intertwined with relatively objective biological and social standards that shift within and between historical and cultural periods.

  • Types of Biological Macromolecules

    • Many critical nutrients are biological macromolecules.
    • Staudinger was the first to propose that many large biological molecules are built by covalently linking smaller biological molecules together.
    • Biological macromolecules play a critical role in cell structure and function.
    • Foods such as bread, fruit, and cheese are rich sources of biological macromolecules.
    • All organisms are composed of a variety of these biological macromolecules.

  • The Brief Reign of Peter III

    • Peter considered this a casus belli and prepared for open warfare against Denmark but he lost his throne before starting the war.
    • Due to various rumors of Catherine's promiscuity, Peter was led to believe he was not the child's biological father but Catherine angrily dismissed his accusation.