Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of or having to do with the electric current generated by living tissue.
  • adjective Of or relating to the effects of electricity on living tissue.

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  • adjective Of or pertaining to bioelectricity.

Etymologies

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bio- +‎ electric.

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Examples

  • Analysis US prof says 'bioelectric' cars much better than biofuel

    The Register 2009

  • All the energies of life flow through those who are open to its many forms—undercurrents of earth and overcurrents of sky, bioelectric fields of plants and animals, magnetically charged attractions of intimacy and relationship, and even the danced opposites of the sacred and profane.

    The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010

  • Our physical apparatus is spectacular; consider that each of us carries around a 100-billion-cell bioelectric quantum computer that creates our realities, with almost all its neurons established the day we were born.

    Kingsley Dennis, Ph.D.: Quantum Consciousness: The Way to Reconcile Science and Spirituality Ph.D. Kingsley Dennis 2010

  • Our physical apparatus is spectacular; consider that each of us carries around a 100-billion-cell bioelectric quantum computer that creates our realities, with almost all its neurons established the day we were born.

    Kingsley Dennis, Ph.D.: Quantum Consciousness: The Way to Reconcile Science and Spirituality 2010

  • From the standpoint of Western medical science, qi is likely to be revealed as some amalgam of endorphins, the bioelectric potential of cell membranes, nervous conduction, circulating hormones and perhaps even photons (light) and infrared radiation (heat).

    Arthur Rosenfeld: Should You Try Acupuncture? 2010

  • The groundbreaking research of orthopedic surgeon and medical researcher, Dr. Robert Becker (totally different guy, easily confused with Bob Beck due to similar names), as related in his phenomenal book, The Body Electric: Electromagnetism and the Foundation of Life, showed that in addition to killing bacteria, molds, and viruses, charged silver particles also positively affect the body's bioelectric healing mechanisms.

    Matthew Stein: When a Superbug Strikes Close to Home, How Can You Deal With it? 2009

  • I came to intellectually accept the existence of this energy and often cited it when chatting with friends, but deep down I wondered whether it really existed and whether it might be simply a primitive word for the circulation of the blood, the tingling of nerves, the flow of lymph, or, more technically, the bioelectric energy of life stimulated by the charge potential that exists across cell membranes.

    Arthur Rosenfeld: Do You Feel the Energy of Life? 2009

  • He and his research team measured the bioelectric potentials (the plant equivalent of an electrocardiogram reading) of numerous trees.

    Maybe Trees Like To Be Hugged 2008

  • The weak bioelectric current flowing across the surface of Midori-san's leaves responds to changes in the immediate environment, such as temperature, humidity, vibration, and nearby human activity.

    Archive 2008-10-01 Gordie 2008

  • The weak bioelectric current flowing across the surface of Midori-san's leaves responds to changes in the immediate environment, such as temperature, humidity, vibration, and nearby human activity.

    World's First Blogging House Plant Gordie 2008

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