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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024psy•cho•bi•ol•o•gy (sī′kō bī ol′ə jē),USA pronunciation n. - Psychology, Animal Behaviorthe use of biological methods to study normal and abnormal emotional and cognitive processes, as the anatomical basis of memory or neurochemical abnormalities in schizophrenia.
- Psychologythe branch of biology dealing with the relations or interactions between body and behavior, esp. as exhibited in the nervous system, receptors, effectors, or the like.
- German Psychobiologie. See psycho-, biology
- 1900–05;
psy•cho•bi•o•log•i•cal (sī′kō bī′ə loj′i kəl),USA pronunciation psy′cho•bi′o•log′ic, adj. psy′cho•bi•ol′o•gist, n. |