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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The team examined data from the UK Biobank—a massive biomedical database—analyzing genes from 38,043 lefties and 313,271 righties.
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Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Apr. 2024
Vanderbilt’s biomedical/medical engineering majors have median earnings of $94,340 four years out.
—Ron Lieber, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024
At risk:Young and middle-aged adults with depression face greater dementia risk later in life
How the study was conducted
Researchers followed more than 350,000 people under the age of 65 in the UK Biobank, a large biomedical database, to try and understand risk factors for dementia.
—Sarah Al-Arshani, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024
There are key advantages of the system for biomedical uses, such as the small, unobtrusive design.
—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
Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Apr. 2024
Vanderbilt’s biomedical/medical engineering majors have median earnings of $94,340 four years out.
—Ron Lieber, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024
At risk:Young and middle-aged adults with depression face greater dementia risk later in life
How the study was conducted
Researchers followed more than 350,000 people under the age of 65 in the UK Biobank, a large biomedical database, to try and understand risk factors for dementia.
—Sarah Al-Arshani, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024
There are key advantages of the system for biomedical uses, such as the small, unobtrusive design.
—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
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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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