'physiology' definitions:
Definition of 'physiology'
From: WordNet
noun
The branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms
noun
Processes and functions of an organism
Definition of 'physiology'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A treatise on physiology. [1913 Webster]
- Mental physiology, the science of the functions and phenomena of the mind, as distinguished from a philosophical explanation of the same. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'physiology'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Words containing 'physiology'
- Physiologer,
- Physiologic,
- Physiological,
- Physiologically,
- Physiologies,
- Physiologize,
- Mental physiology,
- Physiological Botany,
- Physiological chemistry,
- comparative physiology,
- physiological anatomy,
- physiological condition,
- physiological nystagmus,
- physiological property,
- physiological psychology,
- physiological reaction,
- physiological sphincter,
- physiological state,
- physiological time,
- Electro-physiological,
- Electro-physiology,
- physiological jaundice of the newborn