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Of or relating to biology.

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Related by consanguinity, especially as to parents and children.

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Of or pertaining to biomedicine.

* 2006 , Mwenda Ntarangwi, David Mills, Mustafa H. M. Babiker (editors), African anthropologies: history, critique, and practice , page 253:

The research problem was biomedical' in nature but the research approach adopted was multidisciplinary, with '''biomedical''', psychological and anthropological aspects. Despite joint efforts, our ' biomedical colleagues felt that [...]

* 2007 , Athena McLean, The person in dementia: a study in nursing home care in the US , page 28:

Alzheimer's disease and related dementias have come to be defined as biomedical in nature.

* 2011 , Gosia M. Brykczy?ska, Joan Simons, Ethical and Philosophical Aspects of Nursing Children and Young People , page 208:

Clearly, some research undertaken by children's nurses is biomedical in nature although a significant amount of contemporary research is qualitative focusing on children's experiences and evaluating services.