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
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web No one is fully healthy or fully diseased, and the language of biomedicine should aim for a humanizing nuance, not polarization. 
Lee D. Cooper, STAT, 5 Mar. 2022 There’s been no lack of opportunities for leaders in biomedicine to make an impact in the last two years. Casey Ross And Katie Palmer, STAT, 23 Feb. 2022 After World War II, biomedicine lived up to its promise, and American ideology turned strongly toward individualism. Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2021 Just as in biomedicine around the world, students of Chinese medicine test into graduate school and conduct experiments. Ian Johnson, The New York Review of Books, 20 Oct. 2021 By some estimates, China in the early 1950s had just 10,000 practitioners of modern medicine—now often called biomedicine. Ian Johnson, The New York Review of Books, 20 Oct. 2021 Between the two of them, James and Lindsay had decades of experience in biomedicine, and a large network of professional connections. Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2021 Northwestern University announced its largest donation ever Wednesday, a $480 million gift that will be used for many priorities, from biomedicine to the campus football stadium. From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 26 Sep. 2021 Charlotte Owens spoke with the Springer Nature Black Employee Network about her career path in biomedicine. Marlene Stewart, Scientific American, 2 Aug. 2021 See More
Lee D. Cooper, STAT, 5 Mar. 2022 There’s been no lack of opportunities for leaders in biomedicine to make an impact in the last two years. Casey Ross And Katie Palmer, STAT, 23 Feb. 2022 After World War II, biomedicine lived up to its promise, and American ideology turned strongly toward individualism. Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2021 Just as in biomedicine around the world, students of Chinese medicine test into graduate school and conduct experiments. Ian Johnson, The New York Review of Books, 20 Oct. 2021 By some estimates, China in the early 1950s had just 10,000 practitioners of modern medicine—now often called biomedicine. Ian Johnson, The New York Review of Books, 20 Oct. 2021 Between the two of them, James and Lindsay had decades of experience in biomedicine, and a large network of professional connections. Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2021 Northwestern University announced its largest donation ever Wednesday, a $480 million gift that will be used for many priorities, from biomedicine to the campus football stadium. From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 26 Sep. 2021 Charlotte Owens spoke with the Springer Nature Black Employee Network about her career path in biomedicine. Marlene Stewart, Scientific American, 2 Aug. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1922, in the meaning defined above
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