biomedical
adjective
bio·med·i·cal
ˌbī-ō-ˈme-di-kəl 
1
: of or relating to biomedicine
2
: of, relating to, or involving biological, medical, and physical science
Examples of biomedical in a Sentence
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There are key advantages of the system for biomedical uses, such as the small, unobtrusive design.
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IEEE Spectrum, 28 Mar. 2024
Her work in biomedical research had ended with the discovery in Epstein’s lab.
—Delthia Ricks, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
Finding the Link Between Inadequate Sleep and Type 2 Diabetes
The authors pulled data on 247,000 people collected between 2006 and 2010 for the UK Biobank, an extensive biomedical database.
—Maggie O'Neill, Health, 20 Mar. 2024
These genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have accelerated biomedical research by narrowing down specific mutations and their links to a specific pathology.
—Thiago Arzua, STAT, 15 Mar. 2024
Today, tens of millions of people worldwide have had a limb amputated, and scientists and biomedical engineers are constantly improving prosthetics for these patients.
—Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Feb. 2024
Still, the 2022 IUCN assessment asserted that demand from the biomedical trade is one of the threats endangering the species.
—Erika Fry, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2024
As a global and public health expert, Schindler (who has a Bachelor of Science in biomedical/medical engineering and global health from Duke University) was working in the developing world on low-cost medical grade tools and technologies a few years ago.
—Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 8 Mar. 2024
One of the posts was at the influential National Institutes of Health, which bills itself as the largest public funder of biomedical research in the world.
—Cathie Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 6 Mar. 2024
IEEE Spectrum, 28 Mar. 2024
Her work in biomedical research had ended with the discovery in Epstein’s lab.
—Delthia Ricks, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
Finding the Link Between Inadequate Sleep and Type 2 Diabetes
The authors pulled data on 247,000 people collected between 2006 and 2010 for the UK Biobank, an extensive biomedical database.
—Maggie O'Neill, Health, 20 Mar. 2024
These genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have accelerated biomedical research by narrowing down specific mutations and their links to a specific pathology.
—Thiago Arzua, STAT, 15 Mar. 2024
Today, tens of millions of people worldwide have had a limb amputated, and scientists and biomedical engineers are constantly improving prosthetics for these patients.
—Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Feb. 2024
Still, the 2022 IUCN assessment asserted that demand from the biomedical trade is one of the threats endangering the species.
—Erika Fry, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2024
As a global and public health expert, Schindler (who has a Bachelor of Science in biomedical/medical engineering and global health from Duke University) was working in the developing world on low-cost medical grade tools and technologies a few years ago.
—Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 8 Mar. 2024
One of the posts was at the influential National Institutes of Health, which bills itself as the largest public funder of biomedical research in the world.
—Cathie Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 6 Mar. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1921, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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biomedical
adjective
bio·med·i·cal
-ˈmed-i-kəl
1
: of or relating to biomedicine
2
: of, relating to, or involving biological, medical, and physical science
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