Biomedical sciences
Biomedical Sciences
Biomedical Sciences (pronunciation: /ˌbaɪoʊˈmɛdɪkəl ˈsaɪənsɪz/) is a broad field of applied sciences that employs aspects of natural science or formal science, or both, to develop knowledge, interventions, or technology of use in healthcare or public health.
Etymology
The term "Biomedical Sciences" is derived from the prefix "bio-", meaning "life", the root "medical", meaning "pertaining to the science or practice of medicine", and the suffix "-sciences", meaning "systematic knowledge of a particular subject".
Related Terms
- Biology: The natural science that studies life and living organisms, including their physical structure, chemical processes, molecular interactions, physiological mechanisms, development and evolution.
- Medicine: The science and practice of establishing the diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, and prevention of disease.
- Healthcare: The maintenance or improvement of health via the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, recovery, or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in people.
- Public Health: The science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals.
- Natural Science: A branch of science that deals with the physical world, e.g., physics, chemistry, geology, and biology.
- Formal Science: Branches of knowledge that are concerned with formal systems, such as logic, mathematics, theoretical computer science, information theory, systems theory, decision theory, statistics, and theoretical linguistics.
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Biomedical sciences
- Wikipedia's article - Biomedical sciences
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