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biomedical

adjective

bio·​med·​i·​cal ˌbī-ō-ˈme-di-kəl How to pronounce biomedical (audio)
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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Critically, ethical governance is lagging, as current frameworks treat organoids only as biomedical tools. Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Dec. 2025 Neal Milch, an entrepreneur and executive who currently chairs the board of trustees at Jackson Laboratory, a nonprofit biomedical research institute that was established in Maine in 1929. Mike Wall, Space.com, 3 Dec. 2025 Forrest’s stressful saga began on October 28, 2025, when a transport truck crashed along Interstate 65 while carrying 21 monkeys from the Tulane Primate Research Center destined for a Florida biomedical research facility. Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 Dec. 2025 More recently, in 2022, a team at the Institut de la Vision, in Paris, and their spin-off, Pixium Vision, applied neuromorphic sensor technology to a biomedical application—a retinal implant to restore some vision to blind people. Christoph Posch, IEEE Spectrum, 26 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for biomedical

Word History

First Known Use

1921, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of biomedical was in 1921

Cite this Entry

“Biomedical.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biomedical. Accessed 9 Dec. 2025.

Medical Definition

biomedical

adjective
bio·​med·​i·​cal -ˈmed-i-kəl How to pronounce biomedical (audio)
1
: of or relating to biomedicine
2
: of, relating to, or involving biological, medical, and physical science
biomedically adverb
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