Associations to the word «Physiology»

Pictures for the word «Physiology»

Wiktionary

PHYSIOLOGY, noun. 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.
PHYSIOLOGY, noun. (obsolete) The study and description of natural objects; natural science.

Dictionary definition

PHYSIOLOGY, noun. The branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms.
PHYSIOLOGY, noun. Processes and functions of an organism.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky