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phys·i·ol·o·gy \ˌfizēˈälə.jē, -ji\ noun (-es) Etymology: Latin physiologia, from Greek, from physi- + -logia -logy 1. obsolete a. : natural science, natural philosophy 1 b. : a particular theory or view of nature 2. : a branch of biology dealing with the processes, activities, and phenomena incidental to and characteristic of life or of living organisms : the study of the functions and activities of living matter (as of organs, tissues, or cells) as such and of the physical and chemical phenomena involved — distinguished from anatomy; compare psychology 3. : the organic processes and phenomena of an organism or any of its parts or of a particular bodily process < the physiology of the jellyfish > < physiology of the thyroid gland > < physiology of a rust fungus > < the physiology of digestion > 4. : a treatise on physiology |