biomedicine: Meaning and Definition of

bi•o•med•i•cine

Pronunciation: (bī"ō-med'u-sin), [key]
— n.
  1. the application of the natural sciences, esp. the biological and physiological sciences, to clinical medicine.
  2. the science concerned with the effects of the environment on the human body, esp. environments associated with space travel.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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