biocomputationn.
/ˌbʌɪə(ʊ)ˌkɒmpjᵿˈteɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌbaɪoʊˌkɑmpjəˈteɪʃ(ə)n/ = biocomputing n.
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1973 M. E. Tarter & S. C. Ungerman in Information Sci. 5 233 If placed as an elective subject, biostatistics and biocomputation are both separately and jointly in a favourable position.
1979 Biometrics 35 9 Biocomputation as is considered in this paper is a blend of several disciplines, the major ones being biology, medicine, computer science and statistics.
1997 Washington Times (Nexis) 28 Dec. d8 The NASA Ames Center is also working in conjunction with Stanford University..to establish a National Biocomputation Center devoted to exploring the use of virtual reality in medicine.
Derivatives
biocompuˈtational adj.
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1973 M. E. Tarter & S. C. Ungerman in Information Sci. 5 231 Session I dealt with how biostatistical and biocomputational material could be integrated into a medical school curriculum.
1995 K. V. Prammer et al. in D. B. Weiner & W. B. Williams Chem. & Struct. Approaches to Rational Drug Design vii. 181 Biocomputational approaches in the rational design of bioactive proteins and peptides are driven by a general understanding of tertiary structure, electrostatic interactions, [etc.].
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