Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun That branch of biology which deals with the statical and coexistent relations of structure and function: opposed to biodynamics and biokinetics.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Biol.) The physical phenomena of organized bodies, in opposition to their organic or vital phenomena.

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  • noun biology The science of the structure and function of organic bodies.

Etymologies

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bio- +‎ statics

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Examples

  • Johns Hopkins psychologist Ron Berk, Ph.D. conducted a study where he administered the same test to two groups of students in the same graduate level biostatics course.

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  • Johns Hopkins psychologist Ron Berk, Ph.D. conducted a study where he administered the same test to two groups of students in the same graduate level biostatics course.

    How Laughing Yoga Helped Me Take Relaxation Seriously Mary Regency Boies 2010

  • Andrea Foulkes is the assistant professor of biostatics at University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

    CNN Transcript Feb 24, 2005 2005

  • Dr. Kendra Schmid, an assistant professor of biostatics at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, will be one of the guests featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show this Friday to talk about the science behind sex appeal.

    News from www.nptelegraph.com 2009

  • "Based on our findings, I recommend prospective parents try to obtain a vaccination record prior to the child's arrival in the U.S. to help guide US based evaluation of their child's immunization status," says Dr. Mandalakas, associate professor of pediatrics, epidemiology and biostatics at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.

    Science Blog - Science news straight from the source 2009

  • The newsletter quoted a number of researchers, including Donald Berry, chairman of the biostatics department at the University of Texas 'M.D.

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