Citations:abiophysiology

English citations of abiophysiology

1. (obsolete, rare) The study of non-organic biological processes.
   • 1886, Thomas Sterry Hunt, Mineral Physiology and Physiography‎^[1]:

     I therefore venture to designate the study of these by the distinctive name of Biophysiology, while those phenomena which are recognized as simply dynamic, or dynamic and chemic, whether manifested in organisms or in mineral species, may be included under the name of Abiophysiology.

   • 1887 April 22, The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science, volume 55, page 186:

     Dr. Hunt would apply to the study of all phenomena which are simply dynamic or chemic the name of abiophysiology, suggesting the term biophysiology for those which are characteristic of life.