biomedicine
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- noun
- /ˌbaɪoʊˈmɛdɪsɪn/
- Specialized
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biomedicina
- Western biomedicine identifies such immediate causes for an illness like HIV/AIDS.
- Western biomedicine
- challenge for biomedicine
- area of biomedicine
The convergence goes well beyond biomedicine.
- The convergence goes well beyond biomedicine.
Examples
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In the 1980s, as AIDS gripped the Sub-Saharan region, historians of South Africa expressed growing interest in biomedicine.
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In international health, traditional culture has generally been regarded as a barrier to the use of biomedicine.
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Alongside biomedicine, many forms of indigenous therapy continue to be widely used.
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Now, in biology and biomedicine, we have this huge quantity of data being generated.
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Nanofibers offer advantages in biomedicine because their small size matches the scale of human cells and tissue.
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There are now important signs that many conventional doctors do acknowledge biomedicine's limitations.
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In Rajasthan, even in remoter rural areas, biomedicine occupies an important place in the treatment of ill health.
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Researchers in the field of biomedicine often collaborate with clinicians to improve patient care.
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Advancements in biomedicine have led to new treatments for diseases once thought incurable.
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The study of biomedicine combines molecular biology and clinical practice to enhance medical research.
Synonyms
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The study of keeping people healthy and finding, preventing, and treating sickness
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Study of how the body works and how to treat disease
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Biomedicine combines bio- meaning 'life' and medicine, and the bio- is the same part you see in biology. That's why biomedicine refers to medical science that uses knowledge of living things and how the body works to treat and study disease.