biopathies

Noun

biopathy (countable and uncountable, plural biopathies)

1. In the orgone theory of Wilhelm Reich, a disturbance in the energy flow of the plasmatic system (nervous and vascular systems) of an organism, held to cause various maladies.
   • After the initial improvement of the female cancer patient, the subsequent sequel of difficulties laid bare the complexity and depth of her cancer biopathy and its resistance to cure.1973, William Edward Mann, Orgone, Reich, and Eros: Wilhelm Reich's Theory of Life Energy, page 199
2. Any of various holistic medical practices that seek to restore the body to a harmonious state.
   • Thus, we can make a conclusion that using the methods of biopathy in the treatment of chronic alcoholics, specifically B-N, provides positive changes in the indexes of quality of life in terms of generalized criterion of effectiveness of rehabilitating measures that may form the basis of treatment...1997, J Osato, P Sidorov, AG Soloviov, “Biopathy and quality of life in patients ill with chronic alcoholism”, in European Neuropsychopharmacology, volume 7, number 1002
3. The psychic ability to manipulate the physiology (e.g. heart rate, breathing or brainwaves) and voluntary motor functions of other people or organisms.