life science
nounDefinition of life science
: a branch of science (such as biology, medicine, and sometimes anthropology or sociology) that deals with living organisms and life processes
—usually used in plural
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All of the students were undergraduates and among their majors are engineering, business, and life sciences, a university official said. — Nina Agrawal, Los Angeles Times, "Nine Chinese Arizona State University students detained at LAX and sent back. ASU demands answers," 5 Sep. 2019 This would seem like a good time for DSM, the Dutch life sciences giant, to expand its sprawling manufacturing complex here. — David J. Lynch, Washington Post, "With āAmerica Firstā, some foreign companies in the U.S. fear Trump is putting them last," 19 Aug. 2019 NETWORKING Meet biotech professionals Mix with scientists and businesspeople from Bostonās burgeoning biotech scene at this industry summit from life sciences industry organization Cambridge Innovation Institute. — Max Jungreis, BostonGlobe.com, "Business agenda," 13 Aug. 2019 The schism between the atmospheric and life sciences that Swann encountered was a holdover from the late 1800s, when the U.S. government proclaimed that planting crops and trees would turn the arid Great Plains wet. — Quanta Magazine, "Forests Emerge as a Major Overlooked Climate Factor," 9 Oct. 2018 This year, Brex also started working with life sciences and e-commerce companies; the latter now make up 30 percent of its business. — Erin Griffith, New York Times, "Bad Times in Tech? Not if Youāre a Start-Up Serving Other Start-Ups," 2 Aug. 2019 Longfellow plans to convert some of the campus to life science uses. — George Avalos, The Mercury News, "Palo Alto office market stays hot with big tech campus deal," 29 July 2019 Local developers and leaders of the local life sciences industry praised the new policies Monday. — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, "San Diego loosens zoning to encourage neighborhoods combining housing with jobs," 29 July 2019 Diana Kwon Diana Kwon is a freelance science journalist who covers health and the life sciences. — Diana Kwon, Scientific American, "āMetronomeā Neurons Act Like Timekeepers in Mouse Brains," 18 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'life science.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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