biomedicine
- noun
- /ˌbaɪoʊˈmɛdɪsɪn/
- Specialized
- 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
The study of keeping people healthy and finding, preventing, and treating sickness
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.