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| the study of living organisms, divided into many specialized fields that cover their morphology, physiology, anatomy, behavior, origin, and distribution. |
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| relating to both biology and medicine |
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| the branch of medicine concerned with the application of the principles of biology and biochemistry to medical research or practice. |
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| the science or practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease (in technical use often taken to exclude surgery). |
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| the intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behaviour of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment. |
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| the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry. |
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| a method of procedure that has characterized natural science since the 17th century, consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses |
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| a supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation. |
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| able to be changed or adapted |
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| A control group is the group in a study that does not include the thing being tested and is used as a benchmark to measure the results of the other group and is one of the two groups in any valid experiment |
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| An experimental group is the group in an experiment that receives the variable being tested |
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| facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis |
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| the end or finish of an event or process. |
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| a supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain something, especially one based on general principles independent of the thing to be explained. |
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