physiology
physiology (fiz`i*ol"o*jy) , noun
[Latin physiologia, Greek fysiologi`a; fy`sis nature + lo`gos discourse: compare French physiologie.]
1.
The science which treats of the phenomena of living organisms; the study of the processes incidental to, and characteristic of, life.
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.
Collocations (1)
Mental physiology , the science of the functions and phenomena of the mind, as distinguished from a philosophical explanation of the same.