biomedical
adjective
bio·med·i·cal
ˌbī-ō-ˈme-di-kəl 
1
: of or relating to biomedicine
2
: of, relating to, or involving biological, medical, and physical science
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With an annual budget of nearly $48 billion, the NIH is the largest public funder of biomedical research in the world.
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Rob Stein, NPR, 22 Feb. 2025
The 15% cap would reduce billions in funding for universities and the larger biomedical research community.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
The cuts, part of a deepening purge throughout the executive branch, included the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, potentially affecting disease surveillance and biomedical research.
—Tina Reed, Axios, 20 Feb. 2025
His administration has frozen federal grants, ordered sweeping layoffs across federal agencies, cut funding for biomedical research and issued executive orders that threaten to shutter government programs focused on gender or diversity.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 18 Feb. 2025
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Rob Stein, NPR, 22 Feb. 2025
The 15% cap would reduce billions in funding for universities and the larger biomedical research community.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
The cuts, part of a deepening purge throughout the executive branch, included the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, potentially affecting disease surveillance and biomedical research.
—Tina Reed, Axios, 20 Feb. 2025
His administration has frozen federal grants, ordered sweeping layoffs across federal agencies, cut funding for biomedical research and issued executive orders that threaten to shutter government programs focused on gender or diversity.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 18 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for biomedical
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biomedical
adjective
bio·med·i·cal
-ˈmed-i-kəl
1
: of or relating to biomedicine
2
: of, relating to, or involving biological, medical, and physical science
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