Disciplines and Occupations

Biophysics

The study of PHYSICAL PHENOMENA and PHYSICAL PROCESSES as applied to living things.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

The study of PHYSICAL PHENOMENA and PHYSICAL PROCESSES as applied to living things.

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Synonyms

1 entry terms
  • Mechanobiology

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Aspects Covered

12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

the discipline (education, history, etc) only; use BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA or specifics treed under it for biophysical characteristics and processes of biological systems

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  1. H01w.158w.344w
  2. H01w.671w.100w

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QT 21

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Biophysics. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001703. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001703
  2. Biophysics. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biophysics
  3. Biophysics. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7100