bioenergetics
noun, plural in form but singular in constructionDefinition of bioenergetics
1
: the biology of energy transformations and energy exchanges (as in photosynthesis) within and between living things and their environments
2
: a system of physical and psychological therapy that is held to increase well-being by releasing blocked physical and psychic energy
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The first known use of bioenergetics was in 1907
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