(thing) by BioTech Mon Nov 04 2002 at 18:08:15

A chemical or biological system that exchanges energy and materials with the outside environment. The opposite of a closed system.

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

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