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biomarker

UK/ˈbaɪəʊˌmɑːkə/US/ˈbaɪoʊˌmɑɹkɚ/

biomarker noun: a substance used as an indicator of a biological state, most commonly disease.

Noun

biomarker (plural biomarkers)

  1. A substance used as an indicator of a biological state, most commonly disease.
    • The goal of combining biomarkers is usually to increase the predictive power beyond that afforded by an individual molecular biomarker.2017, Sudhir Srivastava, Biomarkers in Cancer Screening and Early Detection, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 263
    • “We are very interested in the concept of biomarkers, including digital biomarkers; in other words, the pattern of your accessing the internet may allow us to detect whether or not you are going to turn out to be vulnerable or not,” said Fineberg, although she admits at present this is just a...2018 October 8, Nicola Davis, quoting Naomi Fineberg, “Cyberchondria and cyberhoarding: is internet fuelling new conditions?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
  2. Any measurable phenomenon that indicates the presence of life.

biomarker meaning in Tamil

biomarker in Tamil

உயிரிக்குறியீடு

Examples of biomarker in a sentence

  • MicroRNAs are important mediators of proarrhythmogenic remodeling and have potential value as biomarkers in cardiovascular diseases.
  • In addition, some methanotrophs, such as the species of Methylococcus and Methylocaldum, lack distinctive fatty acid biomarkers.
  • Exaggerated pupil dilation in response to a mydriatric drug has been proposed as a diagnostic biomarker of AD with controversial results.

All 14 example sentences with biomarker

Forms of biomarker

pluralbiomarkers

Plural of biomarker: biomarkers

Origin of biomarker

From bio- + marker.

Words formed from biomarker

Questions about biomarker

What does biomarker mean?
Biomarker means a substance used as an indicator of a biological state, most commonly disease.
What is biomarker in Tamil?
Biomarker in Tamil is உயிரிக்குறியீடு. See Biomarker meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is biomarker?
Biomarker is a noun.
How do you pronounce biomarker?
Biomarker is pronounced /ˈbaɪoʊˌmɑɹkɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of biomarker?
The plural of biomarker is biomarkers.

Words near biomarker in the dictionary

  1. biomanufactures
  2. biomanufacturing
  3. biomapping
  4. biomark
  5. biomarked
  6. biomarker
  7. biomarkers
  8. biomarking
  9. biomarks
  10. biomass
  11. biomasses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: biomarker (page history and authors); biomarker (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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