biosuit n.
any of various protective garments, as: a suit designed to protect the wearer from biological hazards; a protective suit made of biological materials; a relatively flexible and lightweight spacesuit
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1969
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Ben Bova
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The captain's mono-moleclar [sic] biosuit gave his craggy face a faint sheen, like the beginnings of a sweat.
Foeman, Where Do You Flee? in GalaxyJan. 31/1 -
1992
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David Brin
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Minoru stank from hour after hour in his biosuit.
Genji in Murasaki 44 -
1995
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Daniel Hood
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βHeβs got a plague. Burn him.ββ¦ The flames roared, lapping up the synthetic of their biosuits.
Biouniversity in Science Fiction Age Sept. 73/2 -
2002
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Eric Van Lustbader
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Even filtered through the neural nets of his biosuit the acuity of sensation made him feel as if he was being rubbed raw.
Veil of a Thousand Tears ii. 56 -
2003
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Margaret Atwood
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Weβre seeing some very strange microbe activity here. Very unusual. The place is hotter than hell. Iβm toughing it out in a biosuit, but I donβt really know whether Iβm contaminated or not.
Oryx & Crake xiii. 338 -
2021
David Arnold
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I return the mug to the kitchen and head upstairs for my biosuit. βHere we go.β
Electric Kingdomii. 87
Research requirements
antedating 1969
Earliest cite
Ben Bova
Research History
Suggested by Ben Ostrowsky.We would like to find more examples before the 1990s.
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