life science

NOUN

any branch of natural science

Synonyms

STRONGEST

anthropology biological science biology ecology environmental science medicine natural science zoology

WEAK

animal biology bioscience botany science of life study of living things

Example Sentences

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Because the method can prolong the viability of biological materials, it has the potential to benefit many areas of life science research and application.

From Science Daily • Apr. 27, 2026

If Washington imposed a 10% transaction fee on those bets, we would have about $40 billion to augment national investments in basic research, defense, life science and energy technology.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

His co-founder and co-CEO, Vik Bajaj, is a professor at Stanford’s School of Medicine who previously co-founded Google’s life science division, Verily.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

Visser also pointed out that the AI start-up Anthropic External link, the developer of the Claude LLM, has been hiring more life science researchers as of late.

From Barron's • Dec. 3, 2025

He believes that there are two routes by which man can attain to the superior life: science and art.

From Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic by Croce, Benedetto