biomedicine

bi´o`med`i`cine

n.	1.	The application of the principles and techniques of the natural sciences, especially biology, to investigate and solve problems in clinical medicine.
	2.	The investigation of the effects of external environmental factors such as weightlessness on the human body.

Noun	1.	biomedicine - the branch of medical science that applies biological and physiological principles to clinical practice
	2.	biomedicine - the branch of medical science that studies the ability of organisms to withstand environmental stress (as in space travel)