psychoneuroimmunology

psychoneuroimmunology
An area of study that focuses on emotional and other psychologic states that affect the immune system, rendering the individual less or more susceptible to disease or the course of a disease. [psycho- + neuro- + immunology]

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psy·cho·neu·ro·im·mu·nol·o·gy -ə-jē n, pl -gies a field of medicine that deals with the influence of emotional states (as stress) and nervous system activity on immune function esp. in relation to their effect on the onset and progression of disease

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n.
the study of the effects of the mind on the functioning of the immune system, especially in relation to the influence of the mind on susceptibility to disease and the progression of a disease.

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psy·cho·neu·ro·im·mu·nol·o·gy (si″ko-noor″o-im″u-nolґə-je) the study of the interactions between psychological factors (such as stress or conditioned reaction), the central nervous system, and immune function as modulated by the neuroendocrine system.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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