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biomed

/ˈbaɪ.oʊ.mɛd/

biomed is the clipping of biomedicine.

biomed is the clipping of biomedical.

Meaning of biomedicine

Noun

biomedicine (countable and uncountable, plural biomedicines)

  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. (countable) A medicine created with the use of living organisms.

Meaning of biomedical

Adjective

biomedical (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to biomedicine.
    • The research problem was biomedical in nature but the research approach adopted was multidisciplinary, with biomedical, psychological and anthropological aspects. Despite joint efforts, our biomedical colleagues felt that [...]2006, Mwenda Ntarangwi, David Mills, Mustafa H. M. Babiker (editors), African anthropologies: history, critique, and practice, page 253

See all 2 meanings of biomedical

Adjective

IPA/ˈbaɪ.oʊmd/

biomed (comparative more biomed, superlative most biomed)

  1. (nonstandard) Relating to or characteristic of a biome or biomes.
    • I know this may seem like an obvious no, but with the newest Star Wars movie just released, there is a mineral-rich planet called Crait which I have seen make a few debates about whether or not this is single-biomed or not?2017 December 20, DiagonalCorgi, Stack Exchange, archived from the original on 17 Oct 2021
    • Biomed Lava
      This pack changes the color of lava depending on the biome! This will dynamically change the color of lava depending on the biome.2020 May 25, SpicyKai, Planet Minecraft, archived from the original on 07 Nov 2020

Forms of biomed

comparativemore biomed
superlativemost biomed

Origin of biomed

Clipped compound.

From biome (“noun”) + -ed.

Questions about biomed

What does biomed mean?
Biomed means relating to or characteristic of a biome or biomes.
What is biomed the clipping of?
Biomed is the clipping of biomedicine.
What part of speech is biomed?
Biomed is an adjective.
How do you pronounce biomed?
Biomed is pronounced /ˈbaɪ.oʊ.mɛd/.

Words near biomed in the dictionary

  1. biomechanoid
  2. biomechanoids
  3. biomechanopharmacology
  4. biomechatronic
  5. biomechatronics
  6. biomed
  7. biomedia
  8. biomediator
  9. biomediators
  10. biomedical
  11. biomedicalisation

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: biomed (page history and authors); biomedicine (page history and authors); biomedical (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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