photobiologyn.
/ˌfəʊtəʊbʌɪˈɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ˈˌfoʊdoʊˌbaɪˈɑlədʒi/ The branch of biology that deals with the effects of light on living organisms.
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the world > life > biology > study > [noun] > biology > branches of biology
micrography1658
micrology1848
biostatics1849
electrobiology1849
biotechnics1852
human biology1860
phylogeny1872
developmental biology1877
psychobiology1879
microbiology1880
biokinetics1883
bacteriology1884
geratology1884
thremmatology1888
cell biology1889
biophysics1892
biomechanics1899
pathobiology1900
biometry1901
biometrics1902
metabiology1906
bioenergetics1907
radiobiology1919
biomedicine1922
photobiology1923
virology1935
sociobiology1946
space biology1955
prebiology1963
chronobiology1969
glycobiology1988
1923 Science 9 Nov. 363/2 Vision and photo-biology, x-rays and radio activity and x-ray spectra.
1941 H. F. Blum Photodynamic Action i. 3 Although..the phenomenon has been found to have a more limited significance in photobiology, the name photodynamic action has persisted.
1986 M. M. Kasik & D. A. Sabatino in S. J. Ceci Handbk. Cognitive, Social & Neuropsychol. Aspects Learning Disabilities II. ix. 256 Researchers in photobiology and related fields are discovering new and unexpected connections between light, health, and human response to specific stimuli.
Derivatives
photobiˈologist n. an expert in or student of photobiology.
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the world > life > biology > study > person who studies > [noun] > biology > branches of
micrographer1668
micrologist1855
biophysicist1860
microbiologist1885
phenologist1888
biometrician1901
biometricist1902
bug chaser1911
psychobiologist1914
biotechnologist1920
sociobiologist1920
bioengineer1931
biotechnician1940
developmental biologist1940
neurobiologist1942
radiobiologist1946
virologist1946
photobiologist1958
prebiologist1963
mycoplasmologist1966
chronobiologist1976
genomicist1995
1958 Plant Physiol. 33 447/1 Robert Bruce Withrow died on April 8, 1958... With his passing this country lost one of its prominent photobiologists.
1992 New Scientist 16 May 26/2 What makes this creature so attractive to photobiologists is that, unlike rodents, it possesses a DNA-repair enzyme that is activated by visible light.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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