psychobiology
noun
psy·cho·bi·ol·o·gy
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Definition of psychobiology
: the study of mental functioning and behavior in relation to other biological processes
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Other Words from psychobiology
psychobiological
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or less commonly psychobiologic \ ˌsī-kō-ˌbī-ə-ˈlä-jik
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or less commonly psychobiologic \ ˌsī-kō-ˌbī-ə-ˈlä-jik
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adjective
psychobiologist
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Examples of psychobiology in a Sentence
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This happens for several reasons, says Bertha Madras, a professor of psychobiology at McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School. — Dina Fine Maron, Scientific American, "How Opioids Kill," 8 Jan. 2018 Meanwhile, the Sackler institutes at Cornell, Columbia, McGill, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Sussex, and King’s College London tackle psychobiology, with an emphasis on early childhood development. — Christopher Glazek, Esquire, "The Secretive Family Making Billions From the Opioid Crisis," 16 Oct. 2017 The commission also includes Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper, former Congressman Patrick Kennedy, and the Harvard Medical School psychobiology professor Bertha Madras. — Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, "Trump's Opioid Commission Calls for a State of Emergency," 31 July 2017 Huntington Beach High School Major: psychobiology Why this school? — Heide Janssen, Orange County Register, "Where are 2017 Orange County instrumental music students going to college?," 15 June 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'psychobiology.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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psychobiology
noun
psy·cho·bi·ol·o·gy
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plural psychobiologies
Medical Definition of psychobiology
: the study of mental functioning and behavior in relation to other biological processes