Category: B

A device that uses a biological agent such as an enzyme or organelle to detect, measure or analyse chemicals. A device that senses and analyzes biological information, including temperature, heart rate, blood pressure, or the chemical composition of body fluids.  

A profile of a fetus, based on such things as its breathing movement and body movement. A system of estimating current fetal status, determined by analyzing five variables via ultrasonography and nonstress testing. Fetal breathing movements, gross body movement, fetal tone, amniotic fluid volume, and fetal heart rate reactivity are each assigned specific values. Each…

A drug produced by biotechnological methods.  

The measurement and tracking of a chemical substance in a living organism or biological material such as blood or urine, usually to check environmental pollution or chemical exposure.  

The use of the principles of biology, biochemistry, physiology and other basic sciences to solve problems in clinical medicine. The study of the body’s ability to withstand unusual or extreme environments. Formal name for the health care practitioner is a medical doctor (M.D.). Also called allopathic. Western, modem, orthodox, or conventional medicine.  

The application of engineering science such as robotics and hydraulics to medicine. An engineer trained in biological applications of engineering, and who specializes in medical problems. Usually this application involves both the bioengineer and the medical scientist. Application of the principles and practices of engineering to biomedical research and health care, as seen in the…

A scientist who specialises in biology.  

A parent who was physically involved in producing a child.  

The rhythm of daily activities and bodily processes such as eating, defecating or sleeping, frequently controlled by hormones, which repeats every twenty-four hours. An internal system in organisms that influences behavior in a rhythmic manner. Functions such as growth, feeding, secretion of hormones, the rate of drug action, the wake-sleep cycle, the menstrual cycle, and…

Instruments used to record and display information about the body’s functions, or the use of such instruments.