application of statistics to biological and medical problems
the science of statistics applied to medical data
(Reber) The use of statistical procedures and techniques in the study of living organisms.
The mathematical science of quantifying observed phenomena to describe and analyze epidemiological comparisons.
The use of statistical tests to analyze biological data
The sub-discipline of Bioinformatics concerned with probability and hypothesis validation on biological data. The term Biostatistics predates "Bioinformatics" considerably.
the theory and techniques for describing, analyzing, and interpreting health data.
The science of collecting and analyzing biologic or health data using statistical methods. Biostatistics may be used to help learn the possible causes of a cancer or how often a cancer occurs in a certain group of people. Also called biometry and biometrics.