Found 2 items, similar to physiology.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: physiology physiology n 1: the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms 2: processes and functions of an organism
English → English (gcide) Definition: Physiology Physiology \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. [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]