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Vinony

biomedicine

noun

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

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- English medicine English biomedicine From bio- + medicine.

  1. The application of biology and physiology to clinical medicine.
  2. The branch of medicine that studies the effects of environmental stress on organisms (most often in space travel).
  3. A medicine created with the use of living organisms.