bioenergetics
nounUK /ˌbaɪəʊˌenəˈdʒetɪks/
US /ˌbaɪoʊˌenərˈdʒetɪks/
Bioenergetics is the study of how living things get and use energy.
In bioenergetics class, we learned how plants turn sunlight into food.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A type of body-based psychotherapy that links emotional health to physical energy flow.
She tried bioenergetics therapy to help release tension through breathing and movement.
3. The study of energy transformations and energy flow within ecosystems.
Ecological bioenergetics examines how energy moves from plants to animals in a food web.
4. The branch of biochemistry focused on energy changes in chemical reactions inside cells.
His research in bioenergetics looks at how mitochondria produce ATP.