biomedicine

noun

bio·​med·​i·​cine ˌbī-ō-ˈme-də-sən 

 British usually  -ˈmed-sən

: medicine based on the application of the principles of the natural sciences and especially biology and biochemistry

Examples of biomedicine in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

While other regions of the world may be leading innovation in telecommunications, energy, automobiles, and biomedicine, U.S. companies, big and small, are the main innovators of wearable technology. —IEEE Spectrum, 23 June 2014

However, technology and advances in biomedicine alone cannot solve our problems. —John Eger, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025

Mirror bacteria in particular had the potential to be a useful basic research tool – possibly allowing scientists to study a new tree of life for the first time and solve many problems in bioengineering and biomedicine. —Kate Adamala, The Conversation, 11 Feb. 2025

The past few years have seen a groundswell of concern from researchers about how race, a social construct not based in biology, is misused in biomedicine. —Byjocelyn Kaiser, science.org, 30 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1922, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for biomedicine

• medicine
• telemedicine

Medical Definition

biomedicine

noun

bio·​med·​i·​cine

-ˈmed-ə-sən, British usually -ˈmed-sən

: medicine based on the application of the principles of the natural sciences and especially biology and biochemistry

also : a branch of medical science concerned especially with the capacity of human beings to survive and function in abnormally stressful environments and with the protective modification of such environments