biomedicine
Americannoun
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the application of the natural sciences, especially the biological and physiological sciences, to clinical medicine.
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the science concerned with the effects of the environment on the human body, especially environments associated with space travel.
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the medical study of the effects of unusual environmental stress on human beings, esp in connection with space travel
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the study of herbal remedies
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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
He majored in biology and biomedicine at Oklahoma State University, where he graduated in 1985.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 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
Their findings open up new design avenues for materials useful in electronics, sensing, optics, and biomedicine.
From Science Daily • May 23, 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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