Biodesigner

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A professional who applies design principles to create or engineer living systems, organisms, or biological processes
2. Someone who uses design methodology to develop biological solutions, structures, or organisms for specific purposes
3. A designer who creates biological entities or systems by combining engineering and life science principles

Etymology: "Biodesigner" is a modern compound, built from "bio-" and "designer." The first part comes from Greek "bios," meaning life, and the second from the English noun for someone who plans and shapes things. Nothing in its formation is hidden. The term simply joins the two pieces to name someone who designs living systems or biological materials. The prefix "bio-" reached English mainly through scientific coinages such as "biology," and over time it became flexible enough to attach to almost any noun. "Designer" comes from the verb "design," which entered English from Old French "designer," from Latin "designare," meaning to mark out or indicate. The sense of planning a form or purpose developed later.