biomedical

biomedical

See also: biomédical

English

Etymology

From bio- +‎ medical.

Pronunciation

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

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

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)

1. A product of the biomedicine industry.