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psychobiology

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.56 in modern English

Syllables
psy-chobi-ol-o-gy
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The study of the biological basis for cognition and other mental processes.

Uncountable

noun

The branch of psychology that interprets psychological phenomena in terms of adaptation to biological, environmental, etc. factors.

Uncountable

Etymology

From psycho- + biology.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

psychobiologies (plural)

Derived Forms

neuropsychobiology

Frequently Paired Words

psychobiological

Questions

What does psychobiology mean?
The study of the biological basis for cognition and other mental processes.
Where does psychobiology come from?
From psycho- + biology.

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