biophysicsn.
/ˌbʌɪə(ʊ)ˈfɪzɪks/, U.S. /ˌbaɪoʊˈfɪzɪks/ With singular agreement. The branch of science concerned with the application of physics to biological systems and phenomena; esp. the study of the mechanical and electrical properties of the parts of living organisms.
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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
1892 K. Pearson Gram. of 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.
1926 Encycl. Brit. Suppl. II. 675/1 His main work is on the fundamental problem of biophysics—the stimulation of living matter.
1959 New Biol. 30 112 The study of the forces which mould a developing egg..is a comparatively new branch of biophysics.
2007 Independent 19 Feb. (Extra section) 4/1 Microwave Resonance Therapy..a synthesis of acupuncture and biophysics. Acupuncture points are stimulated by high frequency microwaves.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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