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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How diet and sugary beverages affect the liver The study followed nearly 124,000 people without liver disease participating in the UK Biobank, a large biomedical research study that follows people in the United Kingdom. Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2025 Recent reports have shown that industry has been responsible for 50% or more of the dollars invested in health and biomedical research in recent years. Ryan Summers, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025 Researchers at the University of Utah have found that a common soil mold, Marquandomyces marquandii, may be the foundation for future biomedical materials. Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025 The sheer magnitude of the cuts—including a 40 percent slashing of money going to the National Institutes of Health—would do severe harm to biomedical researchers and the industries that serve or rely on them. John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 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 10 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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