Physiologies

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  physiology \phys`i*ol"o*gy\ (f[i^]z`[i^]*[o^]l"[-o]*j[y^]), n.;
     pl. {Physiologies}. [L. physiologia, Gr. fysiologi`a; fy`sis
     nature + lo`gos 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.


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     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.
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     2. A treatise on physiology.
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     {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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