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BIOMEDICINE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

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))

Sense 2

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)

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