zoophysicshttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zoophysics_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezoophysics, n.
Revised 2017

zoophysicsnoun

Now chiefly historical.
  1. 1887–
    The scientific study of the physical structure of animals; comparative anatomy.
    1. 1887
      Prof. Thierry William Preyer..joined the university at Bonn, in 1865, as lecturer in zoochemistry and zoophysics.
      E. Marwedel, Conscious Motherhood ii. xix. 552
    2. 1999
      He listed bionomics as one of the five branches of zoological study, along with morphography; zoo-dynamics, zoo-physics, and zoo-chemistry.
      Journal Hist. Biology vol. 32 469

Originally published as part of the entry for zoo-, comb. form

zoo-, comb. form was revised in June 2017.