bioscience (redirected from Biosciences)

bi·o·sci·ence  (b-sns)

n.

See life science.

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bio·scien·tific (-sn-tfk) adj.

bio·scien·tist n.

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bioscience [ˈbaɪəʊˌsaɪəns]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) another name for a life science

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) the life sciences collectively

bioscientific  adj

bioscientist  n

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bioscience

any of the sciences that deal with living organisms.

See also: Biology

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Noun

1.

bioscience - any of the branches of natural science dealing with the structure and behavior of living organisms life science natural science - the sciences involved in the study of the physical world and its phenomena biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms biomedical science - the application of the principles of the natural sciences to medicine biometrics, biometry, biostatistics - a branch of biology that studies biological phenomena and observations by means of statistical analysis craniology - the scientific study of the skulls of various human races dermatoglyphics - the study of the whorls and loops and arches in the fingertips and on the palms of the hand and the soles of the feet; "some criminologists specialize in dermatoglyphics" dietetics - the scientific study of food preparation and intake eugenics - the study of methods of improving genetic qualities by selective breeding (especially as applied to human mating) cacogenics, dysgenics - the study of the operation of factors causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced euthenics - the study of methods of improving human well-being and efficient functioning by improving environmental conditions medical science - the science of dealing with the maintenance of health and the prevention and treatment of disease