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bioenergy

bioenergy

8.5
A life force said to affect health
  • noun
  • /ˌbaɪoʊˈɛnərdʒi/
  • Jargon
translation icon : bioenergía
  • Many healing practices believe that bioenergy can significantly influence a person's health and overall well-being.

Examples

  • Treatments like Reiki aim to balance the body's bioenergy, helping to alleviate stress and emotional pain.

  • In this compelling tour through the world of anomalous research, Richard Milton makes clear what the scientific establishment takes pains to deny: plenty of hard experimental evidence already exists for such things as cold fusion, paranormal phenomena, bioenergy, and the effectiveness of alternative medicine.

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  • It will radiate bioenergy, revitalizing the corpses and bending them to my will.

  • She learned to harness her bioenergy through meditation and breathing exercises to promote relaxation.

Synonyms

life force
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  • Archaic
5 8.8

An imagined energy that makes living things grow and move

is used in healing traditions to explain energy that affects health

Surface Forms

bioenergy singular
bioenergies plural

Morphology

bioenergy = energy (semi-transparent) = bio + energy

The form is compositional as 'bio' + 'energy', but the alternative-medicine sense of a vital life force is specialized and not fully predictable from the parts.

Etymology

Bioenergy comes from bio- meaning 'life' and energy meaning 'power' or 'force'. A helpful way to remember this sense is to think of it as a 'life force' that some healing traditions say can affect health.