biomaterial

See also: Biomaterial and biomateriał

English

Etymology

bio- +‎ material

Noun

biomaterial (plural biomaterials)

1. A nonviable, biocompatible material used in a medical device, intended to interact with biological systems or to evaluate, treat, augment, or replace any tissue, organ, or function of the body.

   Coordinate terms: biomatter, biotissue

   • 2015 December 22, “In Vitro Evaluation of Spider Silk Meshes as a Potential Biomaterial for Bladder Reconstruction”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

Derived terms

• nanobiomaterial

 

Translations

material

• Finnish: biomateriaali
• French: biomatériau (fr) m
• Greek: βιοϋλικό (el) n (vioÿlikó)
• Irish: bithábhar m
• Polish: biomateriał m

Spanish

Noun

biomaterial m (plural biomateriales)

1. biomaterial

Further reading

• “biomaterial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014