Biomedical

//ˌbaɪəʊˈmɛdɪk(ə)l// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A product of the biomedicine industry.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to biomedicine. not-comparable

    "The research problem was biomedical in nature but the research approach adopted was multidisciplinary, with biomedical, psychological and anthropological aspects. Despite joint efforts, our biomedical colleagues felt that [...]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    relating to the activities and applications of science to clinical medicine wordnet

Example

More examples

"I'm going to give a paper at this year's conference on biomedical ethics."

Etymology

From bio- + medical.

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