• (n.) The doctrine of vital forces or energy. • (n.) The branch of biology which treats of the active vital phenomena of organisms; -- opposed to biostatics.
The study of the forces acting upon bodies in motion, or in the process of changing motion, as they affect living things.
Bi`o·dy·nam'ics noun [ Greek ... life + English dynamics .] (Biol.) The doctrine of vital forces or energy. 
Type: Term Pronunciation: bī′ō-dī-nam′iks Definitions: 1. The science dealing with the force or energy of living matter.
biodynamics, biodynamic, biodynamical 1. That part of biological science that deals with vital force, or of the action of living organisms. 2. The science dealing with the force or energy of living matter. 3. The study of how energy, motion, and other forces affect living things. 4. The scientific study of the nature and determinants of all orga...