BIOENGINEERING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bioengineering mean? 

• BIOENGINEERING (noun)
  The noun BIOENGINEERING has 1 sense:

1. the branch of engineering science in which biological science is used to study the relation between workers and their environments

  Familiarity information: BIOENGINEERING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BIOENGINEERING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The branch of engineering science in which biological science is used to study the relation between workers and their environments

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

bioengineering; biotechnology; ergonomics

Hypernyms ("bioengineering" is a kind of...):

applied science; engineering; engineering science; technology (the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems)

 Context examples 

Organic food is produced without using most conventional pesticides; fertilizers made with synthetic ingredients or sewage sludge; bioengineering; or ionizing radiation.

(Organic food, NCI Thesaurus)

Bioengineering integrates physical, chemical, or mathematical sciences and engineering principles for treatment and for the study of biology, medicine, behavior, or health.

(Bioengineering, NCI Thesaurus)

In addition, they can carry large amounts (about 200 kilobases) of other sequence for a variety of bioengineering purposes.

(Bacterial Artificial Chromosome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Applications will be in bioengineering, medicine and self-healing materials technologies, the scientists said.

(Researchers build microscopic biohybrid robots propelled by muscles, nerves, National Science Foundation)

Efforts to discover and develop drugs to combat cancer and drug and alcohol addiction and methods of bioengineering to repair tissues are ripe for discovery.

(New Avenues for the Development of Therapeutics, NCI Thesaurus)

The breakthrough is important because so far, bioengineering such as 3-D printing, can’t replicate the complex system of blood vessels in the human body that deliver the oxygen, nutrients, and essential molecules required for proper tissue growth.

(Human Heart Cells Grown on Spinach Leaves, VOA News)