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psychoneuroimmunology

British  
/ ˌsaɪkəʊˌnjʊərəʊˌɪmjʊˈnɒlədʒɪ /

noun

  1.  PNI.  the study of the effects of psychological factors on the immune system

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An emerging area of research is psychoneuroimmunology, the study of the relationship between the immune system and the nervous system.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Entire fields like psychoneuroimmunology and psychoendocrinology have emerged to investigate the relationship between psychological and physiological processes.

From New York Times • Oct. 22, 2014

Thirty years of research focusing on the connections between the immune system, the central nervous system, and the endocrine system have led to a new science with the unwieldy name of called psychoneuroimmunology.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

New fields have sprung into being: behavioral medicine, to battle stress-related illness; psychoneuroimmunology, to explore the way emotional states affect the body's defenses.

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