biophysics en · NOUN
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuHyéti Ancient Greek φῠ́ω (phŭ́ō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek φύσις (phúsis) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek φυσικός (phusikós)der. Latin physicusder. Middle English phisik English physic English physics English biophysics From bio- + physics.
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(uncountable) The interdisciplinary science that applies theories and methods of the physical sciences to questions of biology.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:biophysics.
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nanobiophysics · photobiophysics · radiobiophysics
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Translations (36)
it biofisica (science) · et biofüüsika (science) · ca biofísica (science) · cmn 生物物理學 /生物物理学 (science) · hy կենսաֆիզիկա (science) · fr biophysique (science) · ko 생물물리학 (science) · he ביופיזיקה (science) · pl biofizyka (science) · fi biofysiikka (science) · sq biofizikë (science) · de Biophysik (science) · tl biyopisika (science) · hi जीवभौतिकी (science) · ms biofizik (science) · hu biofizika (science) · sh биофизика (science) · el βιοφυσική (science) · sh biofizika (science) · ga bithfhisic (science) · id biofisika (science) · cs biofyzika (science) · io biofiziko (science) · ru биофи́зика (science) · es biofísica (science) · cmn 生物物理 (science) · ro biofizică (science) · sv biofysik (science) · pt biofísica (science) · gl biofísica (science) · tr biyofizik (science) · vi lý sinh học (science) · nl biofysica (science) · ja 生物物理学 (science) · da biofysik (science) · bn প্রাণপদার্থবিদ্যা (science)