Relating to the mechanical principles and physics of movement and structure in living organisms.
From bio- + mechanical (from Greek mechane, 'machine'). Became prominent in the 1960s-70s as scientists studied how bones, muscles, and joints work together like machines.
Your knee is an engineering marvel—the way its bones and ligaments are angled lets you jump and run efficiently, and engineers study animal knees to design better robot legs!
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