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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
physiology \phys`i*ol"o*gy\ (f[i^]z`[i^]*[o^]l"[-o]*j[y^]), n.;
pl. {Physiologies}. [L. physiologia, Gr. fysiologi`a; fy`sis
nature + lo`gos 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.
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Note: 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.
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2. A treatise on physiology.
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{Mental physiology}, the science of the functions and
phenomena of the mind, as distinguished from a
philosophical explanation of the same.
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