biomedical en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌbɑɪəʉˈmedɪk(ə)l/ (Australia)
- /ˌbaɪəʊˈmɛdɪk(ə)l/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌbɑɪɐʉˈmedɪk(ə)l/ (Australia)
- /ˌbaɪoʊˈmɛdɪk(ə)l/ (Canada, General-American)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *medos Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *-ējō Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ēō Latin -eō Latin medeor Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin medicus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Medieval Latin medicālisbor. French médicalbor. English medical English biomedical From bio- + medical.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of or pertaining to biomedicine.
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.
2011, Gosia M. Brykczyńska, Joan Simons, Ethical and Philosophical Aspects of Nursing Children and Young People, page 208:Alzheimer's disease and related dementias have come to be defined as biomedical in nature.
2007, Athena McLean, The person in dementia: a study in nursing home care in the US, page 28: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 [...]
2006, Mwenda Ntarangwi, David Mills, Mustafa H. M. Babiker (editors), African anthropologies: history, critique, and practice, page 253:Even outside openSNP, the largest use case for DTC genetic data was not biomedical research or research in big pharma.
2025 March 31, Bastian Greshake Tzovaras, “Sunsetting openSNP - a personal retrospective”, in Bastian Greshake Tzovaras:
Deriveds
biomedicalization · nanobiomedical · biomedically · nonbiomedical · biomedicalize · biomed
Translations (15)
el βιοϊατρικός (pertaining to biomedicine) · da biomedicinsk (pertaining to biomedicine) · cs biomedicínský (pertaining to biomedicine) · fa زیستپزشکی (pertaining to biomedicine) · sv biomedicinsk (pertaining to biomedicine) · ca biomèdic (pertaining to biomedicine) · nl biomedisch (pertaining to biomedicine) · de biomedizinisch (pertaining to biomedicine) · pt biomédico (pertaining to biomedicine) · hy կենսաբժշկական (pertaining to biomedicine) · pl biomedyczny (pertaining to biomedicine) · fr biomédical (pertaining to biomedicine) · ru биомедици́нский (pertaining to biomedicine) · pt biomédica (pertaining to biomedicine) · id biomedis (pertaining to biomedicine)