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BIOMEDICINE [2 records]

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Record 1 2002-04-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
  • Non-Surgical Treatment
DEF

a body of actions and treatment that accords with the general philosophy and understanding of disease and therapy taught in established medical schools, practised by doctors and licensed and regulated by their governing authorities.

OBS

As opposed to terms such as "alternative medicine," complementary medicine," "fringe medicine" or "Chinese medicine," "traditional Chinese medicine" or India's "Ayurvedic medicine."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
  • Traitements non chirurgicaux
Key term(s)
  • biomédecine

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organización médica y hospitalaria
  • Tratamiento sin cirugía
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Record 2 1999-09-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biotechnology
  • Immunology
DEF

The science dealing with aspects of the relationship of biology to medicine, such as the the adaption of humans to travel in outer space.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biotechnologie
  • Immunologie
CONT

Mais la culture de cellules ES humaines met en jeu de nouveaux intérêts , tant biomédicaux qu'industriels, aux retombées potentielles considérables [...] ces retombées concernent trois grands domaines de la biomédecine : la biologie de la reproduction et du développement humain, la recherche et le développement pharmaceutique et la transplantation de cellules ou d'organes.

Spanish

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