Definitions

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

  • noun The magnetic field created by a living organism.
  • noun The effect of an external magnetic field on living organisms.
  • noun The scientific study of these phenomena.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Animal magnetism. See magnetism.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Animal magnetism.
  • noun magnetic phenomena in living organisms.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun biology The production, or detection of a magnetic field by a living organism

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Examples

  • "It's the only place in the country dedicated to evaluating rare and very serious fetal heart rhythm problems using biomagnetism," says Dr. Ron Wakai, the professor of medical physics at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health who created the lab.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • "It's the only place in the country dedicated to evaluating rare and very serious fetal heart rhythm problems using biomagnetism," says Dr. Ron Wakai, the professor of medical physics at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health who created the lab.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • Strasburger and Wakai teamed up eight years ago to study how biomagnetism could be used to diagnose fetal heart problems.

    EurekAlert! - Breaking News 2010

  • Strasburger and Wakai teamed up eight years ago to study how biomagnetism could be used to diagnose fetal heart problems.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • Strasburger and Wakai teamed up eight years ago to study how biomagnetism could be used to diagnose fetal heart problems.

    EurekAlert! - Breaking News 2010

  • In addition to funding through the National Institutes of Health, support for the biomagnetism lab has also come from the Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin fund, provided by the Blue-Cross/Blue-Shield endowment to support promising research at the Medical College.

    EurekAlert! - Breaking News 2010

  • In addition to funding through the National Institutes of Health, support for the biomagnetism lab has also come from the Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin fund, provided by the Blue-Cross/Blue-Shield endowment to support promising research at the Medical College.

    EurekAlert! - Breaking News 2010

  • "It's the only place in the country dedicated to evaluating rare and very serious fetal heart rhythm problems using biomagnetism," says Dr. Ron Wakai, the professor of medical physics at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health who created the lab.

    EurekAlert! - Breaking News 2010

  • "It's the only place in the country dedicated to evaluating rare and very serious fetal heart rhythm problems using biomagnetism," says Dr. Ron Wakai, the professor of medical physics at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health who created the lab.

    EurekAlert! - Breaking News 2010

  • In addition to funding through the National Institutes of Health, support for the biomagnetism lab has also come from the Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin fund, provided by the Blue-Cross/Blue-Shield endowment to support promising research at the Medical College.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

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