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biofidelity

biofidelity noun: the degree of faithfulness of a model to the real biological system it is based on.

Noun

biofidelity (uncountable)

  1. The degree of faithfulness of a model to the real biological system it is based on.
    • Two-dimensional human cell culture models of HCM are species-specific but lack biofidelity and do not measure contractility.2016 January 20, “Human Engineered Cardiac Tissues Created Using Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Reveal Functional Characteristics of BRAF-Mediated Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of biofidelity

From bio- + fidelity.

Questions about biofidelity

What does biofidelity mean?
Biofidelity means the degree of faithfulness of a model to the real biological system it is based on.
What part of speech is biofidelity?
Biofidelity is a noun.

Words near biofidelity in the dictionary

  1. biofibers
  2. biofibre
  3. biofibres
  4. biofibrous
  5. biofidelic
  6. biofidelity
  7. biofield
  8. biofields
  9. biofilament
  10. biofilaments
  11. biofilm

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