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nanomedicine Audio
nan·o·med·i·cine
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Biomedical Technology; Nanotechnology
Definitions related to nanomedicine:
  • Health related nanotechnology application.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The branch of medicine concerned with the application of NANOTECHNOLOGY to the prevention and treatment of disease. It involves the monitoring, repair, construction, and control of human biological systems at the molecular level, using engineered nanodevices and NANOSTRUCTURES. (From Freitas Jr., Nanomedicine, vol 1, 1999).
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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