Medical term:
physiological
physiology
[fiz″e-ol´o-je]1. the science that treats of the functions of the living organism and its parts, and of the physical and chemical factors and processes involved.
2. the basic processes underlying the functioning of a species or class of organism, or any of its parts or processes.
cell physiology the scientific study of phenomena involved in cell growth and maintenance, self-regulation and division of cells, interactions between nucleus and cytoplasm, and general behavior of protoplasm.
morbid physiology (pathologic physiology) the study of disordered functions or of function in diseased tissues.
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phys·i·ol·o·gy
(fiz'ē-ol'ŏ-jē),The science concerned with the normal vital processes of animal and vegetable organisms, especially as to how things normally function in the living organism rather than to their anatomic structure, their biochemical composition, or how they are affected by drugs or disease.
[L. or G. physiologia, fr. G. physis, nature, + logos, study]
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physiology
(fĭz′ē-ŏl′ə-jē)n.
1. The biological study of the functions of living organisms and their parts.
2. All the functions of a living organism or any of its parts.
phys′i·ol′o·gist n.
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physiology
See Applied physiology, Cardiac electrophysiology, Clinical neurophysiology.McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
phys·i·ol·o·gy
(fiz'ē-ol'ŏ-jē)The science concerned with the normal vital processes of animal and vegetable organisms, especially as to how things normally function in the living organism rather than as to their anatomic structure, their biochemical composition, or how they are affected by drugs or disease.
[L. or G. physiologia, fr. G. physis, nature, + logos, study]
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physiology
The study of the functioning of living organisms, especially the human organism. Physiology includes BIOCHEMISTRY but this is such a large discipline that it is followed as a separate speciality. Together with ANATOMY and PATHOLOGY, physiology is the basis of medical science.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
physiology
the study in animals, plants and microorganisms of those internal processes and functions associated with life.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
phys·i·ol·o·gy
(fiz'ē-ol'ŏ-jē)Science concerned with normal vital processes of organisms, especially as to how things normally function in living organism rather than to their anatomic structure.
[L. or G. physiologia, fr. G. physis, nature, + logos, study]
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