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Biostatistics — (a portmanteau word made from biology and statistics; sometimes referred to as biometry or biometrics) is the application of statistics to a wide range of topics in biology. The science of biostatistics encompasses the design of biological… … Wikipedia
Biostatistics — Bi o*sta*tis tics, n. [Gr. bi os life + E. statistics.] (Biol.) Vital statistics. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
biostatistics — [bī΄ō stə tis′tiks] n. the branch of biometrics dealing with demography, esp. vital statistics biostatistical adj … English World dictionary
biostatistics — The science of collecting and analyzing biologic or health data using statistical methods. Biostatistics may be used to help learn the possible causes of a cancer or how often a cancer occurs in a certain group of people. Also called biometry and … English dictionary of cancer terms
biostatistics — noun plural but singular in construction Date: 1949 statistics applied to the analysis of biological data • biostatistical adjective • biostatistician noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
biostatistics — n. [Gr. bios, life; statos, stationary] The branch of biometry that deals with vital statistics … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
biostatistics — biostatistician /buy oh stat euh stish euhn/, n. /buy oh steuh tis tiks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the application of statistics to biological and medical data. [1945 50; BIO + STATISTICS] * * * … Universalium
biostatistics — noun The application of statistics to the study and analysis of biological and medical data … Wiktionary
biostatistics — The science of statistics applied to biologic or medical data. * * * bio·sta·tis·tics stə tis tiks n pl but sing in constr statistical processes and methods applied to the analysis of biological phenomena * * * n. statistical information and… … Medical dictionary
biostatistics — bio·statistics … English syllables
