biomedicine

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noun

The application of biology and physiology to clinical medicine.

OriginEnglish medicine ← Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-) ← Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- →
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Meanings

nounbiomedicine (countable and uncountable, plural biomedicines)

plural biomedicines

  1. countableuncountableThe application of biology and physiology to clinical medicine.
  2. countableuncountableThe branch of medicine that studies the effects of environmental stress on organisms (most often in space travel).
  3. countableA medicine created with the use of living organisms.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  2. Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
  3. Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
  4. Englishbio-
  5. Englishmedicine
  6. Englishbiomedicine

From bio- + medicine.

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Translations

Arabic الطِّبّ الْحَيَوِيّ
  • الطِّبّ الْحَيَوِيّ (aṭ-ṭibb al-ḥayawiyy)a branch of medical science
Catalan biomedicina
  • biomedicinaa branch of medical science
Danish biomedicin
  • biomedicina branch of medical science
Estonian biomeditsiin
  • biomeditsiina branch of medical science
Finnish biolääketiede
  • biolääketiedea branch of medical science
French biomédecine
  • biomédecinea branch of medical science
German Biomedizin
  • Biomedizina branch of medical science
Greek βιοϊατρική
  • βιοϊατρική (vioïatrikí)a branch of medical science
Irish bithleigheas
  • bithleigheasa branch of medical science
Italian biomedicina
  • biomedicinaa branch of medical science
Malay bioperubatan
  • bioperubatana branch of medical science
Norwegian Bokmål biomedisin
  • biomedisina branch of medical science
Persian زیستپزشکی
  • زیستپزشکیa branch of medical science
Polish biomedycyna
  • biomedycynaa branch of medical science
Portuguese biomedicina
  • biomedicinaa branch of medical science
Russian биомедицина
  • биомедицина (biomedicina)a branch of medical science
Spanish biomedicina
  • biomedicinaa branch of medical science
Swedish biomedicin
  • biomedicina branch of medical science
Turkish biyotıp
  • biyotıpa branch of medical science
Cite this entry
APA

biomedicine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biomedicine

MLA

“biomedicine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biomedicine. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “biomedicine,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biomedicine.

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