Home › Words › B › biofidelitybiofidelitybiofidelity means the degree of faithfulness of a model to the real biological system it is based on.EtymologyFrom bio- + fidelity.nounThe degree of faithfulness of a model to the real biological system it is based on.e.g.“Two-dimensional human cell culture models of HCM are species-specific but lack biofidelity and do not measure contractility.” — 2016 January 20, “Human Engineered Cardiac Tissues Created Using Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Reveal Functional Characteristics of BRAF-Mediated Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.biofidelic 86% match — Exhibiting biofidelity; faithfully modelling a biological system. vs biofidelity →bioaffinity 60% match — biological or biochemical affinity vs biofidelity →biorelevance 59% match — biological relevance vs biofidelity →biofunctionality 58% match — The functionality of a biomaterial vs biofidelity →biospecificity 58% match — The quality of being biospecific. vs biofidelity →bioreplicated 57% match — replicated biologically vs biofidelity →biorelevant 57% match — biologically relevant vs biofidelity →biofitness 56% match — biological fitness; the ability to produce offspring vs biofidelity →