phys·i·ol·o·gy

(fĭz′ē-ŏl′ə-jē)

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

(ˌfɪzɪˈɒlədʒɪ)

1. (Physiology) the branch of science concerned with the functioning of organisms

2. (Physiology) the processes and functions of all or part of an organism

[C16: from Latin physiologia, from Greek]

ˌphysiˈologist n

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phys•i•ol•o•gy

(ˌfɪz iˈɒl ə dʒi)

n.

1. the branch of biology dealing with the functions and activities of living organisms and their parts.

2. the organic processes or functions in an organism or its parts.

[1555–65; < Latin physiologia < Greek physiología science of natural causes]

phys·i·ol·o·gy

(fĭz′ē-ŏl′ə-jē)

The scientific study of an organism's vital functions, such as circulation, respiration, and digestion.

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physiology

1. the branch of medical science that studies the functions of living organisms or their parts.
2. the organic processes or functions of an organism or any of its parts. — physiologist, n. — physiologic, physiological, adj.

physiology

1. The study of the functioning of organisms.

2. Study of how organisms work.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	physiology - the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms accommodation - (physiology) the automatic adjustment in focal length of the natural lens of the eye adaptation - (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light) abduction - (physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body adduction - (physiology) moving of a body part toward the central axis of the body contraction, muscle contraction, muscular contraction - (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber) control - (physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc; "the timing and control of his movements were unimpaired"; "he had lost control of his sphincters" antagonistic muscle - (physiology) a muscle that opposes the action of another; "the biceps and triceps are antagonistic muscles" humour, humor - (Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state; "the humors are blood and phlegm and yellow and black bile" sensitivity, sensitiveness, sensibility - (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation; "sensitivity to pain" localisation, localisation of function, localisation principle, localization of function, localization principle, localization - (physiology) the principle that specific functions have relatively circumscribed locations in some particular part or organ of the body biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms neurophysiology - the branch of neuroscience that studies the physiology of the nervous system hemodynamics - the branch of physiology that studies the circulation of the blood and the forces involved kinesiology - the branch of physiology that studies the mechanics and anatomy in relation to human movement myology - the branch of physiology that studies muscles irradiation - (physiology) the spread of sensory neural impulses in the cortex cell death, necrobiosis - (physiology) the normal degeneration and death of living cells (as in various epithelial cells) acid-base balance, acid-base equilibrium - (physiology) the normal equilibrium between acids and alkalis in the body; "with a normal acid-base balance in the body the blood is slightly alkaline" autoregulation - (physiology) processes that maintain a generally constant physiological state in a cell or organism inhibition - (physiology) the process whereby nerves can retard or prevent the functioning of an organ or part; "the inhibition of the heart by the vagus nerve" nutrition - (physiology) the organic process of nourishing or being nourished; the processes by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance relaxation - (physiology) the gradual lengthening of inactive muscle or muscle fibers stimulation - (physiology) the effect of a stimulus (on nerves or organs etc.) summation - (physiology) the process whereby multiple stimuli can produce a response (in a muscle or nerve or other part) that one stimulus alone does not produce homeostasis - (physiology) metabolic equilibrium actively maintained by several complex biological mechanisms that operate via the autonomic nervous system to offset disrupting changes innervate - stimulate to action; "innervate a muscle or a nerve" irritate - excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus; "irritate the glands of a leaf" abducent, abducting - especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part adducent, adducting, adductive - especially of muscles; bringing together or drawing toward the midline of the body or toward an adjacent part afferent - of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS; "afferent nerves"; "afferent impulses" efferent, motorial - of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying information away from the CNS; "efferent nerves and impulses" isometric - of or involving muscular contraction in which tension increases while length remains constant isotonic - of or involving muscular contraction in which tension is constant while length changes voluntary - controlled by individual volition; "voluntary motions"; "voluntary muscles" involuntary - controlled by the autonomic nervous system; without conscious control; "involuntary muscles"; "gave an involuntary start" autacoidal - of or relating to an autacoid pressor - increasing (or tending to increase) blood pressure; "pressor reflexes" tonic - of or relating to or producing normal tone or tonus in muscles or tissue; "a tonic reflex"; "tonic muscle contraction" sympathetic - of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system; "sympathetic neurons"; "sympathetic stimulation"
	2.	physiology - processes and functions of an organism bodily property - an attribute of the body facilitate - increase the likelihood of (a response); "The stimulus facilitates a delayed impulse"

Translations

physiology

[ˌfɪzɪˈɒlədʒɪ] N → fisiología f

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physiology

[ˌfɪziˈɒlədʒi] n → physiologie f

physiology

n → Physiologie f

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physiology

[ˌfɪzɪˈɒlədʒɪ] n → fisiologia

phys·i·ol·o·gy

n. fisiología, ciencia que estudia las funciones de los organismos vivos y los procesos químicos o físicos que los caracterizan.

physiology

n fisiología