bioenergetics

[ bahy-oh-en-er-jet-iks ]

noun(used with a singular verb)
  1. Biochemistry. the study of energy transformation in living systems.

  2. Psychology. a school of therapy that seeks to relieve stress and concomitant muscular tension through respiratory exercises, physical movement, improvement in body image, and free expression of ideas.

Origin of bioenergetics

1
First recorded in 1910–15; bio- + energetics

Words Nearby bioenergetics

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How to use bioenergetics in a sentence

  • Of these holistic therapies, bioenergetics is perhaps considered the most respectable because it is used by some psychologists.

  • bioenergetics makes use of an unusual approach to physical exercise.

  • Because of its physical approach to human emotions, bioenergetics is sometimes regarded as the West's therapeutic version of yoga.

  • Today there are three main varieties of emotional flooding therapies: bioenergetics, primal therapy, and implosive therapy.

British Dictionary definitions for bioenergetics

bioenergetics

/ (ˌbaɪəʊˌɛnəˈdʒɛtɪks) /


noun
  1. (functioning as singular) the study of energy transformations in living organisms and systems

Derived forms of bioenergetics

  • bioenergetic, adjective

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Scientific definitions for bioenergetics

bioenergetics

[ bī′ō-ĕn′ər-jĕtĭks ]


  1. The scientific study of the flow and transformation of energy in and between living organisms and between living organisms and their environment.

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