About The Word Physiology
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Physiology
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What's The Definition Of Physiology?
[n] processes and functions of an organism
[n] the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms Synonyms | Synonyms for Physiology: Related Terms | Find terms related to Physiology: aerobiology | agrobiology | anatomy | astrobiology | bacteriology | biochemics | biochemistry | biochemy | bioecology | biological science | biology | biometrics | biometry | bionics | bionomics | biophysics | botany | cell physiology | cryobiology | cybernetics | cytology | ecology | electrobiology | embryology | enzymology | ethnobiology | exobiology | genetics | gnotobiotics | life science | microbiology | molecular biology | pharmacology | radiobiology | taxonomy | virology | xenobiology | zoology See Also | biological science | biology | bodily property | kinesiology | myology Physiology In Webster's Dictionary \Phys`i*ol"o*gy\, n.; pl. {Physiologies}. [L.
physiologia, Gr. ?; fy`sis nature + ? discourse: cf. F.
physiologie.]
1. The science which treats of the phenomena of living
organisms; the study of the processes incidental to, and
characteristic of, life.
Note: It is divided into animal and vegetable physiology,
dealing with animal and vegetable life respectively.
When applied especially to a study of the functions of
the organs and tissues in man, it is called human
physiology.
2. A treatise on physiology.
{Mental physiology}, the science of the functions and
phenomena of the mind, as distinguished from a
philosophical explanation of the same.
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