psychoneuroimmunology
UK/ˌsʌɪkəʊnʊəɹəʊɪmjʊˈnɒlədʒi/
psychoneuroimmunology noun: the study of the interactions between behavioural, neural, endocrine and immune functions.
Noun
psychoneuroimmunology (plural psychoneuroimmunologies)
- The study of the interactions between behavioural, neural, endocrine and immune functions.
- It's not bad enough that being sexually abused as a kid puts you at higher risk for acquiring HIV infection, incest and other child sexual abuse may have quite a negative impact on your health. This information comes to us from the field of psychoneuroimmunology, a branch of medicine that studies...1991 December 8, Liz Galst, “Gay Male Incest Survivors, Safer Sex, and AIDS”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 21, page 10
- This topic is known as psychoneuroimmunology, and it is slowly inching its way into fashion, mostly resisted by doctors and mostly hyped by faith healers of one kind or another.1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial, published 2004, page 152
Synonyms of psychoneuroimmunology
Forms of psychoneuroimmunology
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Origin of psychoneuroimmunology
From psycho- + neuroimmunology.
Words formed from psychoneuroimmunology
Questions about psychoneuroimmunology
- What does psychoneuroimmunology mean?
- Psychoneuroimmunology means the study of the interactions between behavioural, neural, endocrine and immune functions.
- What part of speech is psychoneuroimmunology?
- Psychoneuroimmunology is a noun.
- How do you pronounce psychoneuroimmunology?
- Psychoneuroimmunology is pronounced /ˌsʌɪkəʊnʊəɹəʊɪmjʊˈnɒlədʒi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of psychoneuroimmunology?
- The plural of psychoneuroimmunology is psychoneuroimmunologies.
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