biomedical

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UK/ˌbaɪəʊˈmɛdɪk(ə)l/Canada, US/ˌbaɪoʊˈmɛdɪk(ə)l/Australia/ˌbɑɪəʉˈmedɪk(ə)l/Australia/ˌbɑɪɐʉˈmedɪk(ə)l/

adjective

Of or pertaining to biomedicine.

CommonScrabble 17

Meanings

adjectivebiomedical (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or pertaining to biomedicine.

    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
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    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

    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

    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
nounbiomedical (plural biomedicals)

plural biomedicals

  1. A product of the biomedicine industry.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  2. Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
  3. Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
  4. Englishbio-
  5. Latinmedeor
  6. Latinmedicus
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  9. Medieval Latinmedicāli
  10. Frenchmédica
  11. Englishmedical
  12. Englishbiomedical

From bio- + medical.

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Translations

Catalan biomèdic
  • biomèdicpertaining to biomedicine
Czech biomedicínský
  • biomedicínskýpertaining to biomedicine
Danish biomedicinsk
  • biomedicinskpertaining to biomedicine
Dutch biomedisch
  • biomedischpertaining to biomedicine
French biomédical
  • biomédicalpertaining to biomedicine
German biomedizinisch
  • biomedizinischpertaining to biomedicine
Greek βιοϊατρικός
  • βιοϊατρικός (vioïatrikós)pertaining to biomedicine
Indonesian biomedis
  • biomedispertaining to biomedicine
Persian زیستپزشکی
  • زیستپزشکی (zist-pezeški)pertaining to biomedicine
Polish biomedyczny
  • biomedycznypertaining to biomedicine
Portuguese biomédico, biomédica
  • biomédicopertaining to biomedicine
  • biomédicapertaining to biomedicine
Russian биомедици́нский
  • биомедици́нский (biomedicínskij)pertaining to biomedicine
Swedish biomedicinsk
  • biomedicinskpertaining to biomedicine
Cite this entry
APA

biomedical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biomedical

MLA

“biomedical.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biomedical. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “biomedical,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biomedical.

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