biomedical

See also: biomédical

English

Etymology

From bio- +‎ medical.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌbaɪəʊˈmɛdɪk(ə)l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌbaɪoʊˈmɛdɪk(ə)l/

Adjective

biomedical (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to biomedicine.
   • 2006, Mwenda Ntarangwi, David Mills, Mustafa H. M. Babiker (editors), African anthropologies: history, critique, and practice, page 253:

     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 [...]

   • 2007, Athena McLean, The person in dementia: a study in nursing home care in the US, page 28:

     Alzheimer's disease and related dementias have come to be defined as biomedical in nature.

   • 2011, Gosia M. Brykczyńska, Joan Simons, Ethical and Philosophical Aspects of Nursing Children and Young People, page 208:

     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.

Derived terms

• biomedicalization
• biomedicalize
• biomedically
• nanobiomedical
• nonbiomedical

 

Translations

pertaining to biomedicine

• Armenian: կենսաբժշկական (kensabžškakan)
• Danish: biomedicinsk (da)
• Dutch: biomedisch (nl)
• French: biomédical (fr) m
• German: biomedizinisch
• Greek: βιοϊατρικός (el) m (vioïatrikós)
• Indonesian: biomedis
• Persian: زیست‌پزشکی (zist-pezeški)
• Polish: biomedyczny (pl)
• Portuguese: biomédico (pt) m, biomédica f
• Russian: биомедици́нский (ru) (biomedicínskij)
• Swedish: biomedicinsk

Noun

biomedical (plural biomedicals)

1. A product of the biomedicine industry.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French biomédical.

Adjective

biomedical m or n (feminine singular biomedicală, masculine plural biomedicali, feminine and neuter plural biomedicale)

1. biomedical

Declension

Declension of biomedical

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	biomedical		biomedicală	biomedicali	biomedicale
	definite	biomedicalul		biomedicala	biomedicalii	biomedicalele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	biomedical		biomedicale	biomedicali	biomedicale
	definite	biomedicalului		biomedicalei	biomedicalilor	biomedicalelor