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bioenergetics

[ bahy-oh-en-er-jet-iks ]

noun

(used with a singular verb)
  1. Biochemistry. the study of energy transformation in living systems.
  2. Psychology. a school of therapy that seeks to relieve stress and concomitant muscular tension through respiratory exercises, physical movement, improvement in body image, and free expression of ideas.


bioenergetics

/ ˌɪəʊˌɛəˈɛɪ /

noun

  1. functioning as singular the study of energy transformations in living organisms and systems
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bioenergetics

/ ī′ō-ĕ′ər-ĕĭ /

  1. The scientific study of the flow and transformation of energy in and between living organisms and between living organisms and their environment.
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Derived Forms

  • ˌˌԱˈپ, adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of bioenergetics1

First recorded in 1910–15; bio- + energetics
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“The mitochondria is your bioenergetics, so your energy in your body is produced by all of the mitochondria in your cells,” Beheshti said.

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“When the bioenergetics are damaged, you can imagine that it has detrimental effects … impacting your immune system and circadian rhythm.”

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Are these vesicles by-products of disrupted bioenergetics, or do they form as a result of physical interactions between the compound and the membrane lipids?

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But it remains unclear to what extent rodent models recapitulate abnormalities present in humans, given critical species differences in heart size, cardiac physiology, electrophysiology, and bioenergetics.

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The Center for Aquatic Biology and Aquaculture was studying bioenergetics — how cells transform energy — and environmental stressors on fish species including green and white sturgeon and endangered chinook salmon, both of which face challenges in the wild in California.

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