biomagneticadj.
/ˌbʌɪə(ʊ)maɡˈnɛtɪk/, U.S. /ˌbaɪoʊmæɡˈnɛdɪk/ 1. Of or relating to biomagnetism (biomagnetism n. 2); spec. designating magnetic fields produced by a part of the body; of or involving such fields.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > magnetism > types of magnetism > [adjective] > relating to other forms of magnetism
thermo-magnetic1823
diamagnetic1846
biomagnetic1860
piezomagnetic1901
pyromagnetic1901
speromagnetic1973
1860 Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 1 427 A vitally and specifically pre-determined electric potency must be claimed as the motor of organic combinations... The plausible explanation is, that there is a pre-existent bio-magnetic constitution.
1961 Science 11 Aug. 378/1 A biomagnetic symposium..will be held 24–25 November at the University of Illinois [concerned with the mechanism through which magnetic fields produce biological effects].
1987 Physics Med. & Biol. 32 3 Biomagnetic fields are so weak that they were only detected..some twenty years ago.
1998 P. Galde Truth about Crystal Healing (ed. 2) 27 The energy from the rod is used to remove energy blockages in the biomagnetic field of the body.
2008 R. M. Roth et al. in A. M. Horton & D. Wedding Neuropsychol. Handbk. (ed. 3) viii. 239 Biomagnetic signals are less affected than bioelectric signals by variations in tissue and skull thickness.
2. Of or relating to mesmerism. Cf. biomagnetism n. 1. rare. Now historical.
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the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > hypnotic state > [adjective]
hypnotic1843
electrobiological1849
biomagnetic?1882
cataplectic1883
?1882 E. S. Purcell (title) Recent bio-magnetic experiments in Germany.
2001 Brit. Jrnl. Hist. Sci. 34 73 Various ‘biomagnetic’ forces had been studied by German and English scientists, and were already widely discussed in the context of hypnosis.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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