Biological psychiatry
a school of psychiatric thought concerned with the medical treatment of mental disorders, especially through medication, and emphasizing the relationship between behavior and brain function and the search for physical causes of mental illness.
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biorhythm.
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the nutritional effectiveness of the protein in a given food, expressed as the percentage used by the body of either the total protein consumed or the digestible protein available. historical examples studies in the theory of descent (volumes 1 and 2) august weismann northern nut growers -ssociation report of the proceedings at the various an […]
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animal magnetism.
- Biomagnification
biological magnification. noun biomagnification (bī’ō-māg’nə-fĭ-kā’shən) the increasing concentration of a substance, such as a toxic chemical, in the tissues of organisms at successively higher levels in a food chain. as a result of biomagnification, organisms at the top of the food chain generally suffer greater harm from a persistent toxin or pollutant than those at […]