Thesaurus: physiology

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1. n. The science which treats of the phenomena of living organisms; the study of the processes incidental to, and characteristic of, life.
2. n. A treatise on physiology.
3. n. the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms
4. n. processes and functions of an organism
5. 1. The science which treats of the phenomena of living organisms; the study of the processes incidental to, and characteristic of, life. 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. 2. A treatise on physiology. Mental physiology, the science of the functions and phenomena of the mind, as distinguished from a philosophical explanation of the same.
6. n:100 n. the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms n. processes and functions of an organism