biomedical
/ˌbaɪoʊˈmɛdɪk(ə)l/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.47 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to biomedicine.
noun
A product of the biomedicine industry.
Example Sentences
- "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 [...]"
- "Alzheimer's disease and related dementias have come to be defined as biomedical in nature."
- "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."
- "Even outside openSNP, the largest use case for DTC genetic data was not biomedical research or research in big pharma."
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.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌbaɪoʊˈmɛdɪk(ə)l/
- British English: /ˌbaɪəʊˈmɛdɪk(ə)l/
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.