biomedicine

noun

bio·​med·​i·​cine ˌbī-ō-ˈme-də-sən 

British usually -ˈmed-sən

: medicine based on the application of the principles of the natural sciences and especially biology and biochemistry

Examples of biomedicine in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

What Black Women’s HIV/AIDS Leadership Teaches Us The greatest lesson of the HIV/AIDS pandemic is not what biomedicine accomplished, but what communities accomplished when medicine, policy, and governments fell short. — Jallicia Jolly, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026

Yang’s industrial zone focuses on LCD screens, new energy vehicles, batteries, robotics, speciality chemicals, and biomedicine. — Andy Browne, semafor.com, 14 July 2026

The company invests in experimental technologies such as biomedicine, robotics, and was the first venture firm to invest in OpenAI, per Forbes. — CBS News, 12 July 2026

Foundation works to promote advancements in science, technology, engineering, math and biomedicine by providing funding for select graduate students at UC San Diego, San Diego State University, Scripps Research and University of San Diego. — La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1922, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for biomedicine

• medicine
• telemedicine

Medical Definition

biomedicine

noun

bio·​med·​i·​cine

-ˈmed-ə-sən, British usually -ˈmed-sən

: medicine based on the application of the principles of the natural sciences and especially biology and biochemistry

also : a branch of medical science concerned especially with the capacity of human beings to survive and function in abnormally stressful environments and with the protective modification of such environments