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Definition of Biophilia
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Biophilia
1. The instinct of self-preservation. Origin: bio-+ G. Philia, love, fondness for (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Biophilia
Literary usage of Biophilia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Global Economics and the Environment: Toward Sustainable Rural Development by Roger D. Stone, Eve Hamilton (1991)
"Peter, eds.. Biodiversity (Washington. DC: National Academy Press, 1988). pp.
119-122. 3. Edward 0. Wilson, biophilia (Cambridge. Mass., and London. ..."
2. Scientists, Plants, and Politics: A History of the Plant Genetic Resources by Robin Pistorius (1997)
"In biophilia, EO Wilson (1984) articulates the aesthetic losses of extinction in
a highly personalized account. Conservationist views like these, ..."
3. A Dictionary of Psychological Medicine: Giving the Definition, Etymology and by Daniel Hack Tuke (1892)
"... the ancients was regarded as the seat of the passions, and hence their opinion
regarding bile in relation to mental disorder. THE EDITOR. biophilia ..."
4. Long Island Alive! by Francine Silverman (2002)
"... bread, flowers, herbs, plants and grocery items. Open daily, May-November.
biophilia ORGANIC FARM Manor Lane Jamesport •& 631-722-2299 This is a ..."
5. Special Therapeutics According to Homoeopathic Principles by Franz Hartmann (1857)
"biophilia. § 63. 1. DESCRIPTIONS OF THE DISEASE.—What is generally understood by
hypochondriasis, is properly only a predominant symptom of that form of ..."
6. Radiological Protection of the Environment: Proceedings, NEA Forum in by OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (2002)
"... Consequentialism and its Critics (ed. S. Scheffler), Oxford University Press:
Oxford. Wilson, EG 1984. biophilia Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. ..."
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