a synthetic material used in prostheses or the replacement of natural body tissues
biomaterial in American English
(ˈbaɪoʊməˈtɪriəl)
noun
a synthetic or natural substance used to replace a bone, tissue, etc. in a living body
biomaterial in American English
(ˌbaiouməˈtɪəriəl, ˈbaiouməˌtɪər-)
noun
a synthetic material, usually a plastic, suitable for implanting in a living body to repair damaged or diseased parts
Word origin
[1965–70; bio- + material]This word is first recorded in the period 1965–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Coriolis effect, T cell, isometric exercise, no-fault, overdubbio- is a combining form meaning “life” occurring in loanwords from Greek (biography). On this model, bio- is used in the formation of compound words (bioluminescence). Other words that use the affix bio- include: biogeochemistry, bioherm, biomass, biomechanics, biosynthesis
Examples of 'biomaterial' in a sentence
biomaterial
The company predicts that one day the technology could be used to manufacture human skeletons from cell tissue and biomaterial.