biopathy

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
   • Although more basic therapy is necessary to attack the root causes of biopathy, orgone radiation has been shown to relieve the symptoms of such biopathies as cancer and hypertension.1980, Natty Bumppo, Natalie Bumppo, Ideas for a Better America, page 66
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
   • Biopathy is a method of treatment that, without harmful side effects, enhances quality of life by safely and promptly reducing sufferings that arise from physical discomforts due to pain and illness.2001, Terry C. Walker, Richard Kendall Miller, Ciji A. Fleming, 2001 Health Care Business Market Research Handbook, page 601
3. The psychic ability to manipulate the physiology (e.g. heart rate, breathing or brainwaves) and voluntary motor functions of other people or organisms.