psychophysiology
noun
psychophysiology is a noun meaning “The branch of physiology that deals with the interaction of the mind and physiological processes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled P-S-Y-C-H-O-P-H-Y-S-I-O-L-O-G-Y, and it appears about once in every 17 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does psychophysiology mean?
noun
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The branch of physiology that deals with the interaction of the mind and physiological processes.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is psychophysiology?
Psychophysiology appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 124,184th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Psychophysiology in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense branch of physiology:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | psychophysiologie |
| German | Psychophysiologie |
| Spanish | psicofisiología |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does psychophysiology come from?
From psycho- + physiology.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).