biomedical

See also: biomédical

English

Etymology

From bio- +‎ medical.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌbaɪəʊˈmedɪkl/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˌbaɪoʊˈmedɪkl/

Adjective

biomedical (not comparable)

Of or pertaining to biomedicine.
- 2006, Mwenda Ntarangwi, David Mills, Mustafa H. M. Babiker (editors), African anthropologies: history, critique, and practice, page 253:
  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 [...]
- 2007, Athena McLean, The person in dementia: a study in nursing home care in the US, page 28:
  Alzheimer's disease and related dementias have come to be defined as biomedical in nature.
- 2011, Gosia M. Brykczyńska, Joan Simons, Ethical and Philosophical Aspects of Nursing Children and Young People, page 208:
  Clearly, some research undertaken by children's nurses is biomedical in nature although a significant amount of contemporary research is qualitative focusing on children's experiences and evaluating services.

Translations

pertaining to biomedicine

Armenian: կենսաբժշկական (kensabžškakan)
Danish: biomedicinsk (da)
French: biomédical (fr) m
German: biomedizinisch

Greek: βιοϊατρικός (el) m (vioïatrikós)
Portuguese: biomédico (pt) m, biomédica f
Russian: биомедици́нский (ru) (biomedicínskij)
Swedish: biomedicinsk

Noun

biomedical (plural biomedicals)

A product of the biomedicine industry.

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