inner psychophysics

a systematic attempt to relate experience in the mind to states of excitation in the sensory apparatus. Compare outer psychophysics. See psychophysical law. [introduced by Gustav Theodor Fechner]

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January 15th 2025

chemotherapy

n. the use of chemical agents to treat diseases, particularly cancer, in which case it is contrasted with radiation therapy. —chemotherapeutic adj. —chemotherapist n.