biomedicine

American  

[bahy-oh-med-uh-sin] / ˌbaɪ oʊˈmɛd ə sɪn /

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.

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biomedicine British  

/ 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

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Other Word Forms

• biomedical
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of biomedicine

First recorded in 1945–50; bio- + medicine

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Example Sentences

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biomedicine

The Ministry of Commerce on Friday issued a draft plan to add 40 technologies in the AI, biomedicine and photovoltaics sectors to a list of technologies prohibited or restricted from export.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

The state counterpart to the National Institutes of Health would fund grants and programs for research in biomedicine, climate, wildfire, and infectious disease, among other areas.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026

But it probably doesn’t make the world’s smartest and most innovation-generating biomedicine and computer science graduate students more likely to apply to U.S. schools.

From Slate ● May 27, 2025

“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.

From Science Magazine ● May 14, 2024

Last but not least was the cherished research in biomedicine, which Ernest did not propose to abandon.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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