PHYSIOLOGY


Meaning of PHYSIOLOGY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌfi-zē-ˈä-lə-jē ]

noun

Etymology: Latin physiologia natural science, from Greek, from physi- + -logia -logy

Date: 1615

1. : 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 — compare anatomy

2. : the organic processes and phenomena of an organism or any of its parts or of a particular bodily process

• phys·i·ol·o·gist -jist noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.