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Biotech vs Biomedical - What's the difference?

biotech | biomedical |

As nouns the difference between biotech and biomedical

is that biotech is biotechnology while biomedical is a product of the biomedicine industry.

As adjectives the difference between biotech and biomedical

is that biotech is of, or relating to biotechnology while biomedical is of or pertaining to biomedicine.

biotech

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (uncountable) Biotechnology
    • I'm planning to work in biotech after college.
  • (countable) A company specializing in biotechnology, or stock in such a company
    • A lot of people invested in biotechs , back in the '90s.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (label) of, or relating to biotechnology

    • Related terms

    * biotech company

    biomedical

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • 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.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A product of the biomedicine industry.