physiology
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From French physiologie < Latin physiologia < Ancient Greek φυσιολογία (“‘natural philosophy’”) < φύσις (physis), “‘nature’”) + λόγος (logos), “‘word’”).
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physiology (uncountable)
- A branch of biology that deals with the functions and activities of life or of living matter (as organs, tissues, or cells) and of the physical and chemical phenomena involved.
- (obsolete) The study and description of natural objects; natural science.
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branch of biology
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- physiology in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- physiology in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- physiology at OneLook® Dictionary Search