biomechanics

American  

[bahy-oh-mi-kan-iks] / ˌbaɪ oʊ mɪˈkæn ɪks /

noun

(used with a singular verb)

1. Medicine/Medical.

   1. the study of the action of external and internal forces on the living body, especially on the skeletal system.

   2. the development of prostheses.

2. Biology. the study of the mechanical nature of biological processes, as heart action and muscle movement.

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biomechanics British  

/ ˌbaɪəʊmɪˈkænɪks /

noun

1. (functioning as singular) the study of the mechanics of the movement of living organisms

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biomechanics Scientific  

/ bī′ō-mĭ-kăn′ĭks /

1. The scientific study of the role of mechanics in biological systems. The study of biomechanics includes the analysis of motion in animals, the fluid dynamics of blood, and the role of mechanical processes in the development of disease.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• biomechanical
  adjective
• biomechanically
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of biomechanics

First recorded in 1930–35; bio- + mechanics

Example Sentences

When it comes to deciding the right moment to shift from warming up to working out, ECU Professor of Biomechanics Tony Blazevich notes that there is no universal guideline.

From Science Daily • Nov. 27, 2025

Biomechanics is the study of how living things move through the world.

From Washington Post • Apr. 12, 2022

Snow Biomechanics Laboratory at Wake Forest University, is trying to understand why female runners get injured more often than men.

From Time • Jun. 30, 2017

Biomechanics expert R. McNeill Alexander of the University of Leeds in England imagined that dinosaurs mated just like today's elephants and rhinoceroses—females had to bear the extra weight of the mounting male.

From Scientific American • Mar. 29, 2013

“Initial results were often overinterpreted and were partly responsible for a few ‘blunders’ in sport-shoe construction,” he said in a speech to the International Society of Biomechanics in 2005.

From New York Times • Nov. 4, 2011