Bioengineering

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  • noun. The application of engineering principles to the fields of biology and medicine, as in the development of aids or replacements for defective or missing body organs.
  • noun. Genetic engineering.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. biological science applied to the study the relation between workers and their environments.
  • noun. the application of engineeering principles to solve problems in medicine, such as the design of artificial limbs or organs; -- called also biomedical engineering.
  • noun. the branch of engineering dealing with the application of biological processes to the solution of practical problems, such as the manufacture of products by fermentation, the production and use of enzymes for various purposes, the use of microorganisms in environmental cleanup, etc.; -- called also biotechnology.
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  • noun. The applications of the principles of engineering to any of the biological or medical sciences
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  • noun. the branch of engineering science in which biological science is used to study the relation between workers and their environments
  • Word Usage
    "Please, pull your heads out of your tail ends and create an individual thought, because that is what true liberty entails. (for future response to those who will cloak behind your answer that I am probably just another 'lazy, dope smoking' liberal, I work full-time and am majoring in bioengineering, not an elitist, just an idealist)"
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