bioengineering

[ bahy-oh-en-juh-neer-ing ]

noun

1. Also called biomedical engineering. the application of engineering engineering principles and techniques to problems in medicine and biology, as the design and production of artificial limbs and organs.
2. the branch of engineering engineering that deals with applications of biological processes to the manufacture of products, as the use of fermentation to produce beer.

bioengineering

/ ˌbaɪəʊˌɛndʒɪˈnɪərɪŋ /

noun

1. the design and manufacture of aids, such as artificial limbs, to rectify defective body functions
2. the design, manufacture, and maintenance of engineering equipment used in biosynthetic processes, such as fermentation

bioengineering

/ bī′ō-ĕn′jə-nîr′ĭng /

1. See biomedical engineering

Derived Forms

• ˌbioˌengiˈneer, noun

Other Words From

• bio·engi·neer noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of bioengineering¹

First recorded in 1960–65; bio- + engineering

Example Sentences

Schwesinger’s film studies are rivaled only by his dedication to his bioengineering major.

From Los Angeles Times

Juliana, who is studying a PhD in bioengineering at Imperial College London, said the whole family was proud of the youngsters’ achievements.

From BBC

"Single-molecule localization actually uses a fairly simple instrument, but the tricky part that really impacts image resolution is drift," said Yang Liu, a bioengineering professor and the project lead.

From Science Daily

"For the first time in this paper, we observed how these individual neurons stabilize spatial representations during rest periods," said Kemere, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and bioengineering at Rice.

From Science Daily

Bo Wang, assistant professor of bioengineering in the Schools of Engineering and of Medicine at Stanford, has started to find some answers.

From Science Daily