biophysics

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noun

The interdisciplinary science that applies theories and methods of the physical sciences to questions of biology.

“For quotations using this term, see Citations:biophysics.”

OriginEnglish physics ← Middle English phisik ← Latin physicus →
Less commonScrabble 22
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Meanings

nounbiophysics (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe interdisciplinary science that applies theories and methods of the physical sciences to questions of biology.

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:biophysics.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  2. Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
  3. Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
  4. Englishbio-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*bʰuH-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*bʰuHyéti
  7. Ancient Greekφῠ́ω (phŭ́ō)
  8. Ancient Greekφύσις (phúsis)
  9. Ancient Greekφυσικός (phusikós)
  10. Latinphysicus
  11. Middle Englishphisik
  12. Englishphysic
  13. Englishphysics
  14. Englishbiophysics

From bio- + physics.

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Translations

Bengali প্রাণপদার্থবিদ্যা
  • প্রাণপদার্থবিদ্যা (pranpodarthobidda)science
Catalan biofísica
  • biofísicascience
Chinese Mandarin 生物物理學 /生物物理学, 生物物理
  • 生物物理學 /生物物理学 (shēngwù wùlǐxué)science
  • 生物物理 (shēngwù wùlǐ)science
Czech biofyzika
  • biofyzikascience
Danish biofysik
  • biofysikscience
Dutch biofysica
  • biofysicascience
Estonian biofüüsika
  • biofüüsikascience
Finnish biofysiikka
  • biofysiikkascience
French biophysique
  • biophysiquescience
German Biophysik
  • Biophysikscience
Greek βιοφυσική
  • βιοφυσική (viofysikí)science
Hebrew ביופיזיקה
  • ביופיזיקהscience
Hindi जीवभौतिकी
  • जीवभौतिकी (jīvbhautikī)science
Hungarian biofizika
  • biofizikascience
Indonesian biofisika
  • biofisikascience
Irish bithfhisic
  • bithfhisicscience
Italian biofisica
  • biofisicascience
Japanese 生物物理学
  • 生物物理学 (seibutsubutsurigaku)science
Korean 생물물리학
  • 생물물리학 (saengmulmullihak)science
Malay biofizik
  • biofizikscience
Polish biofizyka
  • biofizykascience
Portuguese biofísica
  • biofísicascience
Romanian biofizică
  • biofizicăscience
Russian биофи́зика
  • биофи́зика (biofízika)science
Spanish biofísica
  • biofísicascience
Swedish biofysik
  • biofysikscience
Tagalog biyopisika
  • biyopisikascience
Turkish biyofizik
  • biyofizikscience
Vietnamese lý sinh học
  • lý sinh họcscience
Cite this entry
APA

biophysics. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biophysics

MLA

“biophysics.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biophysics. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “biophysics,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biophysics.

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