Definition of psychosocial
1 : involving both psychological and social aspects psychosocial adjustment in marriage
2 : relating social conditions to mental health psychosocial medicine
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What: The sculpture presents a solitary mechatronic blinking eye, at human scale, that responds to the gaze of visitors with a variety of psychosocial eye-contact behaviors.
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First Known Use of psychosocial
1890
Medical Dictionary
psychosocial
play
adjective
psy·cho·so·cial
\ˌsī-kō-ˈsō-shəl\
Medical Definition of psychosocial
1: involving both psychological and social aspects psychosocial adjustment in marriage
2: relating social conditions to mental health psychosocial medicine
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