Physiology

4 definitions found

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.


        [1913 Webster]
  
     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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  physiology
       n 1: the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the
            functioning of organisms
       2: processes and functions of an organism

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  38 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  PHYSIOLOGY, med. jur. The science which treats of the functions of animals; 
  it is the science of life. 
       2. The legal practitioner who expects to rise to eminence, must acquire 
  some acquaintance with physiology. This subject is intimately connected with 
  gestation, birth, life and death. Vide 2 Chit. Pr. 42, n.