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LEAD-IN: What is a biomedical engineer?

Biomedical engineering is the application of engineering principles and techniques to the medical field. It combines the design and problem solving skills of engineering with medical and biological sciences to help improve patient health care and people’s quality of life. The work in biomedical engineering covers an array of fields: bioinformatics, medical imaging, image processing, physiological signal processing, biomechanics, biomaterials and bioengineering, systems analysis, 3-D modeling, etc. Biomedical engineering applications are the development and manufacture of biocompatible prostheses, medical devices, diagnostic devices and imaging equipment.

1. Look at the pictures above and suggest what biomedical engineers’ duties, skills and responsibilities are. What other spheres of biomedical engineering application can you think of?

PRONUNCIATION

2. Make sure you pronounce the following words properly:
biomedical	[ˌbaıəʊ'medikəl]	procedure	[prə'siːʤə]
dialysis	[daɪ'æləsɪs]	surgical	['sɜːʤɪk(ə)l]
anesthesia	[ˌænɪs'θiːzɪə]	internship	['ɪntɜːnʃɪp]
diagnose	['daɪəgnəuz]	rehabilitation	[ˌriːhəˌbɪlɪ'teɪʃ(ə)n]
therapeutic	[ˌθerə'pjuːtɪk]	component	[kəm'pəunənt]
adjacent	[ə'ʤeɪs(ə)nt]	intolerable	[ɪn'tɔl(ə)rəbl]
chemical	['kemɪk(ə)l]	electrocardiogram	[ɪˌlektrəu'kɑːdɪəgræm]

WORD STUDY

3. Translate the following definitions and memorize the terms:

enhance (v) -	intensify, increase, or further improve the quality, value, or extent of;

prosthesis (n) -	pl -ses an artificial body part, such as a limb, a heart, or a breast implant;

pacemaker (n) -	an artificial device for stimulating the heart muscle and regulating its
	contractions;

infusion (n) -	introduction of a liquid, such as a saline solution, into a vein or the
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		subcutaneous tissues of the body;
	kidney machine (n) -	an apparatus that performs the functions of the human kidney (outside the
		body), when one or both organs are damaged (an artificial kidney or dialysis
		machine);

	joint (n) -	1) a structure in the human or animal body at which two parts of the
		skeleton are fitted together (each of the distinct sections of a body or limb
		between the places at which they are connected);
		2) a point at which parts of an artificial structure are joined

	breakdown (n) -	a division of something into smaller parts; a list of separate parts of
		something;

	issue (n) -	an important topic or problem for debate or discussion;

	sonography (n) -	the analysis of sound using an instrument which produces a graphical
		representation of its component frequencies;

	reliance (n) -	dependence on or trust in someone or something;
	intermittent (adj) -	occurring at irregular intervals, not continuous or steady;
	adjacent (adj) -	next to or adjoining something else;
	viscosity (n) -	the state of being thick, sticky, and semifluid in consistency, due to internal
		friction; a quantity expressing the magnitude of internal friction in a fluid, as
		measured by the force per unit area resisting uniform flow;
	film (n) -	material in the form of a thin flexible sheet, a thin layer covering a surface;
	dilute (v) -	make (a liquid) thinner or weaker by adding water or another solvent to it;
		make (something) weaker in force, content, or value by modifying it or
		adding other elements to it;
	cannula (v) -	a thin tube inserted into a vein or body cavity to administer medicine, drain
		off fluid, or insert a surgical instrument.