biomedicine

[ bahy-oh-med-uh-sin ]

noun

1. the application of the natural sciences, especially the biological and physiological sciences, to clinical medicine.
2. the science concerned with the effects of the environment on the human body, especially environments associated with space travel.

biomedicine

/ ˌbaɪəʊˈmɛdɪsɪn; -ˈmɛdsɪn /

noun

1. the medical study of the effects of unusual environmental stress on human beings, esp in connection with space travel
2. the study of herbal remedies

Other Words From

• bio·medi·cal adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of biomedicine¹

First recorded in 1945–50; bio- + medicine

Example Sentences

Their findings open up new design avenues for materials useful in electronics, sensing, optics, and biomedicine.

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“They did a really comprehensive job,” agrees Clair Kronk, a lecturer at the Yale University School of Medicine who is an expert on sex and gender data collection standards in health care and biomedicine.

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Freeze-cast materials are suitable for many applications, from biomedicine to environmental engineering and energy technologies.

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In biomedicine, segmentation involves annotating pixels from an important structure in a medical image, like an organ or cell.

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The beneficial effects of intermittent hypoxia exposure on the body are well described, but its potential applications in biomedicine are still being explored.

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