biomedical

CEFRB2

/ˌbaɪəʊˈmɛdɪk(ə)l/

adjective

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    relating to the activities and applications of science to clinical medicine.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    A product of the biomedicine industry.

Examples

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

  • I'm making a poster for my biomedical science class.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
4

Also pronounced

  • /ˌbaɪoʊˈmɛdɪk(ə)l/
  • /ˌbɑɪəʉˈmedɪk(ə)l/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meaning
  1. Of or pertaining to biomedicine.

More examples

In context
  • Alzheimer's disease and related dementias have come to be defined as biomedical in nature.

  • 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 [...]

  • Even outside openSNP, the largest use case for DTC genetic data was not biomedical research or research in big pharma.

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Origin

adjective

From bio- + medical.