Definition of Phisiology
Phys`i*ol"o*gy (?), n.; pl.
Physiologies (#). [L. physiologia, Gr. &?;;
fy`sis nature + &?; discourse: cf. F. physiologie.]
1. The science which treats of the phenomena of
living organisms; the study of the processes incidental to, and
characteristic of, life.
&fist; 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- 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. Typically divided into plant physiology and animal physiology.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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