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

Recent Examples on the Web

The Administration then slashed budgets and personnel at the National Institutes of Health, one of the world’s premier biomedical research centers and the springboard for innovations like the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines and immunotherapies for cancer. —Alice Park, Time, 15 Dec. 2025

Better outcomes with doula support The services that doulas offer can complement the more mainstream biomedical approach of many doctors and nurses. —Seun Mauton Ajoseh, The Conversation, 10 Dec. 2025

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

Word History

First Known Use

1921, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing biomedical

• biomedical engineering

Rhymes for biomedical

• nonmedical
• premedical
• aeromedical
• paramedical
• medical
• pedicle

Medical Definition

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

biomedically

-k(ə-)lē 

adverb