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biomedical.

Of or pertaining to biomedicine.

10 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˌbaɪəʊˈmɛdɪk(ə)l/Received-Pronunciation/ˌbaɪoʊˈmɛdɪk(ə)l/Canada, General-American/ˌbɑɪəʉˈmedɪk(ə)l/Australia/ˌbɑɪɐʉˈmedɪk(ə)l/Australia

  1. Of or pertaining to biomedicine.

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *medos Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *-ējō Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ēō Latin -eō Latin medeor Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin medicus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Medieval Latin medicālisbor. French médicalbor. English medical English biomedical From bio- + medical.

noun/ˌbaɪəʊˈmɛdɪk(ə)l/Received-Pronunciation/ˌbaɪoʊˈmɛdɪk(ə)l/Canada, General-American/ˌbɑɪəʉˈmedɪk(ə)l/Australia/ˌbɑɪɐʉˈmedɪk(ə)l/Australia

  1. A product of the biomedicine industry.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *medos Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *-ējō Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ēō Latin -eō Latin medeor Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin medicus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Medieval Latin medicālisbor. French médicalbor. English medical English biomedical From bio- + medical.

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