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bioˈphysics
The science dealing with the mechanical and electrical properties of the parts of living organisms. Hence bioˈphysical a., of or pertaining to biophysics; bioˈphysicist, one who is versed in biophysics.
1892K. Pearson Gram. Sci. 470 This branch of science which endeavours to show that the facts of Biology..constitute particular cases of general physical laws has been termed ætiology. It would perhaps be better to call it Bio-physics. 1913L. J. Henderson Fitness Environm. 310 While biophysicists like Professor Schäfer follow Spencer in assuming a gradual evolution of the organic from the inorganic, biochemists are more than ever unable to perceive how such a process is possible. 1913Science Progress VIII. 319 The bio-physical and bio-chemical conditions underlying normal physiological processes in the organ of mind. 1926Encycl. Brit. Suppl. II. 675/1 His main work is on the fundamental problem of biophysics—the stimulation of living matter. 1926J. Pryde Rec. Advances Biochem. v. 137 (heading) Biophysical Aspects of the Lipides and their Significance in Biology. 1958A. R. Radcliffe-Brown Meth. Soc. Anthrop. i. iv. 103 The nature of multicellular organisms is determined by the nature of the living cell which it is the business of the cytologist, the biochemist and the biophysicist to study. 1959New Biol. XXX. 112 The study of the forces which mould a developing egg..is a comparatively new branch of biophysics. 1961Lancet 22 July 190/2 Our American colleagues are fully aware of the importance of integrating basic biochemical, biophysical, and physiological effort. |