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

In October 2025, the the La Crosse County District Attorney and Ridglan Farms agreed that the facility would surrender its Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection license and would not sell dogs purposefully bred for biomedical research, according to WKOW 27. —Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 17 Mar. 2026

This fall, the campus will offer an associate’s degree in histotechnology, bachelor’s degrees in biomedical sciences, biotechnology and medical laboratory science, and a master’s in diagnostic molecular science. —Milla Surjadi, Dallas Morning News, 16 Mar. 2026

Now an associate professor of biomedical informatics at Columbia University, Elhadad is far from alone. —Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 12 Mar. 2026

Historically, health and biomedical data has been generated in clinical trials. —Mario Aguilar, STAT, 10 Mar. 2026

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