BIOMEDICINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does biomedicine mean? 

• BIOMEDICINE (noun)
  The noun BIOMEDICINE has 2 senses:

1. the branch of medical science that applies biological and physiological principles to clinical practice

2. the branch of medical science that studies the ability of organisms to withstand environmental stress (as in space travel)

  Familiarity information: BIOMEDICINE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BIOMEDICINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The branch of medical science that applies biological and physiological principles to clinical practice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("biomedicine" is a kind of...):

medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)

Derivation:

biomedical (relating to the activities and applications of science to clinical medicine)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The branch of medical science that studies the ability of organisms to withstand environmental stress (as in space travel)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("biomedicine" is a kind of...):

medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "biomedicine"):

aeromedicine; aerospace medicine; aviation medicine (the study and treatment of disorders associated with flight (especially with space flight))

 Context examples 

The Center's research emphases include high-priority transdisciplinary initiatives, minority health and health disparities, and systems biomedicine initiatives.

(Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, NCI Thesaurus)

The new super-fast film camera will therefore be able to capture incredibly rapid processes in chemistry, physics, biology and biomedicine, that so far have not been caught on film.

(World's Fastest Film Camera, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Also called biomedicine, conventional medicine, mainstream medicine, orthodox medicine, and Western medicine.

(Allopathic medicine, NCI Dictionary)

Also called allopathic medicine, biomedicine, conventional medicine, mainstream medicine, and Western medicine.

(Orthodox medicine, NCI Dictionary)

Also called allopathic medicine, biomedicine, mainstream medicine, orthodox medicine, and Western medicine.

(Conventional medicine, NCI Dictionary)

Also called allopathic medicine, biomedicine, conventional medicine, orthodox medicine, and Western medicine.

(Mainstream medicine, NCI Dictionary)