biomechanics

English

Etymology

bio- +‎ mechanics

Noun

biomechanics (uncountable)

1. (biology, physics) The branch of biophysics that deals with the mechanics of the human or animal body; especially concerned with muscles and the skeleton.
2. (biology) The functioning of a particular part of a body.

Derived terms

• nanobiomechanics
• palaeobiomechanics
• pathobiomechanics

 

Translations

branch of biophysics

• Catalan: biomecànica f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 生物力學／生物力学 (zh) (shēngwùlìxué)

• Finnish: biomekaniikka
• German: Biomechanik (de) f
• Ido: biomekaniko (io)
• Irish: bithmheicnic f
• Khmer: ជីវយន្តវិទ្យា (ji veak yon vi tyea)
• Polish: biomechanika (pl) f
• Tagalog: haysigwasan, haysigwasan
• Vietnamese: cơ sinh học

the functioning of a particular part of a body

• Catalan: biomecànica f
• Ido: biomekaniko (io)
• Polish: biomechanika (pl) f

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• French: ^{(please verify)} biomécanique (fr) f