biomedical engineering

American  

noun

1. bioengineering.

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biomedical engineering Scientific  

/ bī′ō-mĕd′ĭ-kəl /

1. The application of engineering techniques to the understanding of biological systems and to the development of therapeutic technologies and devices. Kidney dialysis, pacemakers, synthetic skin, artificial joints, and protheses are some products of biomedical engineering.

2. Also called bioengineering

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Etymology

Origin of biomedical engineering

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

"Most implantable systems are built around a canister of electronics that occupies enormous volumes of space inside the body," says Ken Shepard, Lau Family Professor of Electrical Engineering, professor of biomedical engineering, and professor of neurological sciences at Columbia University, who served as one of the senior authors and led the engineering work.

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Rogers holds appointments in materials science and engineering, biomedical engineering and neurological surgery, and directs the Querrey Simpson Institute for Bioelectronics.

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"Researchers have long suspected that different parts of the hippocampus' CA1 region handle different aspects of learning and memory, but it wasn't clear how the underlying cells were arranged," said Michael S. Bienkowski, PhD, senior author of the study and assistant professor of physiology and neuroscience and of biomedical engineering.

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Dr. Akhilesh K. Gaharwar and Ph.D. student John Soukar, together with colleagues in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, have created a technique that supplies injured cells with fresh mitochondria.

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"We have trained healthy cells to share their spare batteries with weaker ones," said Gaharwar, a professor of biomedical engineering.

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