biomedical

See also: biomédical

English

Etymology

From bio- + medical.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌbaɪəʊˈmɛdɪk(ə)l/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌbaɪoʊˈmɛdɪk(ə)l/

Adjective

biomedical (not comparable)

  1. 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

Noun

biomedical (plural biomedicals)

  1. A product of the biomedicine industry.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French biomédical.

Adjective

biomedical m or n (feminine singular biomedicală, masculine plural biomedicali, feminine and neuter plural biomedicale)

  1. biomedical

Declension

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