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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Owens, who grew up in Detroit, narrowed the field down to Cindy, 60, a retired biomedical engineer from Austin, Texas, and Peg, 62, a retired firefighter and bomb tech from Las Vegas. Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 23 Oct. 2025 Stueland did not study genetics or biomedical research in college, having instead focused on English literature and communications. Harriet Taylor, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025 That is until widespread use of CGMs by people with type 1 diabetes in the mid-2000s and the subsequent integration with insulin pumps created the first realistic hope that endeavors by Kovatchev, Mazlish, and other biomedical technorati could result in a usable device. Carrie Arnold, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2025 Lon Cardon, who runs a biomedical-research institution called the Jackson Laboratory, noted that even the richest companies and foundations cannot replace federal science spending. Emma Green, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 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

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“Biomedical.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biomedical. Accessed 30 Oct. 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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