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This paper discusses the semantics of the new terms that are emerging in biotechnology, outlining how new vocabulary illustrates developments in scientific concepts and technologies. The objective is to explore the linguistic processes of creation and adaptation that names and terms undergo in biotechnology, with a special focus on semantic development. It will identify and classify new biotechnology terms using a scientific text corpus, integrating collocation analysis, discourse analysis, and semantic field theory. Collocation analysis reveals the co-occurring words and their contextual associations that form the meaning of terms such as "CRISPR-Cas9" and "bioprinting," while discourse analysis describes how these terms are dynamically changing in public and policy discourse. This, in turn, uses the semantic field theory to classify terms into larger semantic fields of genetics, bioengineering, and medical biotechnology, allowing insights into how new terms emerge, appear, and interact within these domains. Results have shown that the meanings of emerging biotechnology terms are often in a state of rapid evolution, usually broadening to include new applications as these are discovered, or as technologies are further researched. The terms "synthetic biology" and "genome editing" illustrate such a broadening of meaning from the technical concept to the wider social and ethical discussion. This semantic expansion underlines the interdisciplinary character of biotechnology and the growing inclusion of societal concerns in scientific discourse