Meaning of PHYSIOLOGY
| Pronunciation: | | `fizee'âlujee
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- [n] processes and functions of an organism
- [n] the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms
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| | See Also: | | biological science, biology, bodily property, kinesiology, myology | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Definition: | | The study of how living organisms function. |
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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