Meaning & use
biomedical
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Meaning
adjectivebefore a noun
Relating to the application of biological and physiological principles to medicine and clinical practice.
Grammar: Used before a noun: biomedical research, biomedical engineering.
Patterns
- biomedical research
- biomedical engineering
- biomedical science
She works in biomedical research at a university hospital.
Biomedical engineering combines biology with technology to design artificial organs.
The company invests heavily in biomedical science to develop new treatments.
Common combinations
- biomedical research
- Biomedical research has led to many life-saving drugs.
- biomedical engineering
- He studied biomedical engineering to build better prosthetics.
- biomedical science
- Biomedical science is a broad field that includes genetics and pharmacology.
- biomedical model
- The biomedical model focuses on biological factors of disease.
Synonyms and how they differ
Word family
- biomedicine noun
- The branch of medicine that applies biological principles.
Commonly confused: biomedical or biomedical vs. biometric?
biomedical vs biomedical vs. biometric
Biomedical relates to biology and medicine; biometric relates to measuring physical traits for identification.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'biomedical' correctly?
Choose one answer.
Biomedical refers to the application of biology to medicine, as in designing artificial joints. The other options describe biometric uses (fingerprints, voice patterns, physical traits for identification).
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