adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to biomedicine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
biomedical
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˌbaɪəʊˈmɛdɪk(ə)l/
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Canada, General-American: /ˌbaɪoʊˈmɛdɪk(ə)l/
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Australian: /ˌbɑɪəʉˈmedɪk(ə)l/
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Australian: /ˌbɑɪɐʉˈmedɪk(ə)l/
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CMU ARPABET: B AY2 OW0 M EH1 D IH0 K AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A product of the biomedicine industry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 3
relating to the activities and applications of science to clinical medicine
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- biomedical research laboratory
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gweyh3-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- Proto-Indo-European *med-der. Proto-Italic *medēōrder. Latin medeor Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin medicus Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Medieval Latin medicālisbor. French médicalbor. English medical English biomedical From bio- + medical.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: կենսաբժշկական (kensabžškakan) — pertaining to biomedicine
- Catalan: biomèdic — pertaining to biomedicine
- Czech: biomedicínský — pertaining to biomedicine
- Danish: biomedicinsk — pertaining to biomedicine
- Dutch: biomedisch — pertaining to biomedicine
- French: biomédical — pertaining to biomedicine
- German: biomedizinisch — pertaining to biomedicine
- Greek: βιοϊατρικός (vioïatrikós) — pertaining to biomedicine
- Indonesian: biomedis — pertaining to biomedicine
- Persian: زیستپزشکی (zist-pezeški) — pertaining to biomedicine
- Polish: biomedyczny — pertaining to biomedicine
- Portuguese: biomédico — pertaining to biomedicine
- Portuguese: biomédica — pertaining to biomedicine
- Russian: биомедици́нский (biomedicínskij) — pertaining to biomedicine
- Swedish: biomedicinsk — pertaining to biomedicine
Real reading context