1864 G. W. Balfour tr. J. L. Casper Handbk. Pract. Forensic Med. III. 42 It must therefore, appear justifiable, in biostatic experiments, to pay attention to the degree of vaulting of the osseous thorax.

1954 Appl. Mech. Reviews 7 50/1 Biostatic analysis starts with an investigation of posture and its change during performance of an activity.

1974 F. A. Jenkins Primate Locomotion i. 3 Biostatic investigations therefore cover such subjects as strength of bone.

c2002 K. Tetsworth in D. Paley & J. E. Herzenberg Princ. Deformity Correction xiii. 441/2 In a biostatic cadaver laboratory model, Inaba et al...measured forces across the femorotibial articulation in simulated neutral and malaligned positions.

1869 Med. Times & Gaz. 10 July 51/2 M. Legoyt terminates with the following conclusions an elaborate paper with he recently read at the Paris Statistical Society on ‘Certain Biostatic Immunities of the Jewish Race in Europe’.

1886 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 15 57 The special biostatic privileges of Jews might be summed up in the proved facts that they married less, had fewer births,..and had fewer stillborn and illegitimate children than any other race.

1937 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 190 229/2 The November 1936 issue..is devoted to studies in population of the people of the United States—biologic, biostatic, mobility, and demographic studies.

1952 Southern Med. Jrnl. 45 1050 (title) Rational application of biostatic drugs in agranulocytosis.

1973 U.S. Patent 3,721,183 4/1 When used as land fill it is desirable that the rubbish be treated to render it biostatic to prevent contamination of the locale.

1992 Better Homes & Gardens Building Ideas Spring 11/2 (advt.) Copper outperforms plastic every time... Copper is even biostatic—it inhibits bacterial growth.

2008 M. S. Ebadi Desk Ref. Clin. Pharmacol. (ed. 2) 558/2 Other evidence suggests that pentamidine exerts a biostatic rather than biocidal effect.