Meanings
nounbiomechanics (uncountable)
- uncountablebiologyThe branch of biophysics that deals with the mechanics of the human or animal body; especially concerned with muscles and the skeleton.
- uncountablebiologyThe functioning of a particular part of a body.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
- Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
- Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
- Englishbio-
- Proto-Indo-European*megʰ-der.?
- Ancient Greekμηχανή (mēkhanḗ)
- Ancient Greekμηχανικός (mēkhanikós)
- Latinmēchanicus
- Englishmechanics
- Englishbiomechanics
Translations
Afrikaans biomeganika
- biomeganikabranch of biophysics
Arabic ميكانيكا حيوية
- ميكانيكا حيويةbranch of biophysics
Basque biomekanika
- biomekanikabranch of biophysics
Bengali জৈব বলবিজ্ঞান
- জৈব বলবিজ্ঞান (jōib bolbiggên)branch of biophysics
Bulgarian биомеханика
- биомеханика (biomehanika)branch of biophysics
Catalan biomecànica, biomecànica
- biomecànicabranch of biophysics
- biomecànicathe functioning of a particular part of a body
Chinese Mandarin 生物力學 /生物力学
- 生物力學 /生物力学 (shēngwùlìxué)branch of biophysics
Czech biomechanika
- biomechanikabranch of biophysics
Dutch biomechanica
- biomechanicabranch of biophysics
Esperanto biomeĥaniko
- biomeĥanikobranch of biophysics
Finnish biomekaniikka
- biomekaniikkabranch of biophysics
French biomécanique
- biomécaniquebranch of biophysics
German Biomechanik
- Biomechanikbranch of biophysics
Greek εμβιομηχανική
- εμβιομηχανική (emviomichanikí)branch of biophysics
Hebrew ביומכניקה
- ביומכניקהbranch of biophysics
Hindi जैवयांत्रिकी
- जैवयांत्रिकी (jaivyāntrikī)branch of biophysics
Hungarian biomechanika
- biomechanikabranch of biophysics
Indonesian biomekanika
- biomekanikabranch of biophysics
Irish bithmheicnic
- bithmheicnicbranch of biophysics
Italian biomeccanica
- biomeccanicabranch of biophysics
Japanese バイオメカニクス
- バイオメカニクスbranch of biophysics
Korean 생물역학
- 생물역학 (saengmuryeokhak)branch of biophysics
Lithuanian biomechanika
- biomechanikabranch of biophysics
Malay biomekanik
- biomekanikbranch of biophysics
Persian بیومکانیک
- بیومکانیکbranch of biophysics
Polish biomechanika, biomechanika
- biomechanikabranch of biophysics
- biomechanikathe functioning of a particular part of a body
Portuguese biomecânica
- biomecânicabranch of biophysics
Romanian biomecanică
- biomecanicăbranch of biophysics
Russian биомеханика
- биомеханика (biomexanika)branch of biophysics
Spanish biomecánica
- biomecánicabranch of biophysics
Swedish biomekanik
- biomekanikbranch of biophysics
Tagalog haysigwasan, biyomekanika
- haysigwasanbranch of biophysics
- biyomekanikabranch of biophysics
Tamil உயிர்விசையியல்
- உயிர்விசையியல் (uyirvicaiyiyal)branch of biophysics
Thai ชีวกลศาสตร์
- ชีวกลศาสตร์branch of biophysics
Turkish biyomekanik
- biyomekanikbranch of biophysics
Ukrainian біомеханіка
- біомеханіка (biomexanika)branch of biophysics
Urdu حیاتی میکانیات
- حیاتی میکانیات (hyātī mekānyāt)branch of biophysics
Vietnamese cơ sinh học
- cơ sinh họcbranch of biophysics
Cite this entry
APA
biomechanics. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biomechanics
MLA
“biomechanics.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biomechanics. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “biomechanics,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biomechanics.
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