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Biochemistry vs Biomedicine - What's the difference?

biochemistry | biomedicine |

As nouns the difference between biochemistry and biomedicine

is that biochemistry is the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism while biomedicine is the application of biology and physiology to clinical medicine.

biochemistry

English

(wikipedia biochemistry)

Noun

  • (uncountable) The chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
    • I want to study biochemistry .
  • (countable) The chemical characteristics of a particular living organism
    • The biochemistries of fungal and bacterial cells are quite distinct.
  • (countable) The biochemical activity associated with a particular chemical or condition
    • Our study compared the biochemistries of epilepsy and Parkinson's.
    The biochemistry of NO differs from that of NO2.

    Related terms

    * biochemical * biochemist * organic chemistry

    biomedicine

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The application of biology and physiology to clinical medicine
  • The branch of medicine that studies the effects of environmental stress on organisms (most often in space travel)