English Online Dictionary. What means physiology? What does physiology mean?
English
Etymology
From French physiologie, from Latin physiologia, from Ancient Greek φυσιολογία (phusiología, “natural philosophy”), from φύσις (phúsis, “nature”) + λόγος (lógos, “word”). Equivalent to physio- + -logy.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌfɪziˈɒləd͡ʒi/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌfɪziˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
Noun
physiology (countable and uncountable, plural physiologies)
- 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.
Synonyms
- (branch of biology): bionomy
Hypernyms
- biology
Hyponyms
Coordinate terms
- anatomy
Related terms
- physiologic
- physiological
- physiologist
- physiologize
Translations
See also
- biochemistry
References
- physiology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Further reading
- “physiology”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “physiology”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- “physiology”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.