biomedicine

noun

"biomedicine" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“biomedicine” is uncommon English (frequency #65,733 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,733
frequency rank, English
31,241
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The application of biology and physiology to clinical medicine.

Key facts for biomedicine
PropertyValue
Headwordbiomedicine
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Frequency rank#65,733
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “biomedicine” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). biomedicine lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

biomedicine is uncommon English at frequency #65,733 among 31,241 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for biomedicine, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From bio- + medicine. The correct English form is biomedicine, spelled B-I-O-M-E-D-I-C-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    The application of biology and physiology to clinical medicine.
  2. 2
    The branch of medicine that studies the effects of environmental stress on organisms (most often in space travel).
  3. 3
    A medicine created with the use of living organisms.

Etymology

From bio- + medicine.

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "biomedicine"?
"biomedicine" is spelled B-I-O-M-E-D-I-C-I-N-E.
What does "biomedicine" mean?
As a noun, "biomedicine" means: The application of biology and physiology to clinical medicine.
What is the origin of the word "biomedicine"?
From bio- + medicine. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “biomedicine”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is B-I-O-M-E-D-I-C-I-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list