Occupation or Discipline
biomimetics
[ bahy-oh-mi-met-iks ]
Subclass of:
Biotechnology
Definitions related to biomimetics:
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An interdisciplinary field in materials science, ENGINEERING, and BIOLOGY, studying the use of biological principles for synthesis or fabrication of BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Field that combines knowledge from the study of biological structures and functions with physics, mathematics, chemistry, and engineering in elucidating principles that are important for the generation of novel synthetic and natural materials, tissues, and organs.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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