different between physiology vs biomedicine

English

Etymology

From French physiologie, from Latin physiologia, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (phusiología, “natural philosophy”), from ????? (phúsis, “nature”) + ????? (lógos, “word”). Equivalent to physi- +? -ology.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f?zi??l?d??i/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?f?zi??.l?.d??i/

Noun

physiology (countable and uncountable, plural physiologies)

1. A branch of biology that deals with the functions and activities of life or of living matter (as organs, tissues, or cells) and of the physical and chemical phenomena involved.
2. (obsolete) The study and description of natural objects; natural science.

Hyponyms

Related terms

• physiologic
• physiological
• physiologist

Translations

See also

• biology
• anatomy

References

• physiology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

• physiology in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• physiology in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• physiology at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Etymology

bio- +? medicine

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.

Translations

Italian

Noun

biomedicine f

1. plural of biomedicina