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psychobiology
(si″ko-bi-ol´ә-je)
a field of study examining the relationship between brain and mind, studying the effect of biological influences on psychological
functioning or mental processes. Called also biopsychology.
a psychiatric theory in which the human being is viewed as an integrated unit, incorporating psychological, social, and biological
functions, with behavior a function of the total organism. adj., psychobiolog´ical., adj.

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