Definitions

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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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

There are now plans to partly turn the shopping centre, which first opened in 1983, into office and lab space for the life science industries.

From BBC • May 15, 2025

In such a morose and crippled life, science is never fathomed; it may be varied, and superficially immense; but it escapes—for it will not reside there.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 by Various