biomechanics

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Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der.

Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os)

Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der.

English bio-

Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.?

Ancient Greek μηχανή (mēkhanḗ)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós)

Ancient Greek μηχανικός (mēkhanikós)bor.

Latin mēchanicusbor.

English mechanics

English biomechanics

From 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