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| a branch of knowledge that deals with living organism and vital processes |
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1. of or relating to biomedicine
2: of, relating to, or involving biological, medical, and physical science |
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| medicine based on the application of the principles of the natural sciences and especially biology and biochemistry |
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1. a substance or preparation used in treating disease
2. the science and art dealing with the maintenance of health and the prevention, alleviation, or cure of disease
3: a substance (such as a drug) used to treat something other than disease |
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| knowledge or a system of knowledge covering general truths or the operation of general laws especially as obtained and tested through scientific method |
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1. the practical application of knowledge especially in a particular area
2. a manner of accomplishing a task especially using technical processes, methods, or knowledge |
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| principles and procedures for the systematic pursuit of knowledge involving the recognition and formulation of a problem, the collection of data through observation and experiment, and the formulation and testing of hypotheses |
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| educated guess explaining what you are observing or how to change what you are observing |
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| any factor that can be controlled, changed, or measured in an experiment |
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| is a group separated from the rest of the experiment such that the independent variable being tested cannot influence the results. |
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| is the group that receives an experimental procedure or a test sample. This group is exposed to changes in the independent variable being tested. |
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| factual information (such as measurements or statistics) used as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or calculation |
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| judgment made on the basis of your experiment as to whether your hypothesis is right or wrong |
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| scientific theory summarizes a hypothesis or group of hypotheses that have been supported with repeated testing. A theory is valid as long as there is no evidence to dispute it. One definition of a theory is to say it's an accepted hypothesis. |
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