n. 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.
n. The study and description of natural objects; natural science.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The science which treats of the phenomena of living organisms; the study of the processes incidental to, and characteristic of, life.
n. A treatise on physiology.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n.l. Natural philosophy.
n. The sum of scientific knowledge concerning the functions of living things.
n. A treatise on physiology or the functions of living organisms.
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n. processes and functions of an organism
n. the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms
Word Usage
"On whatever ground we term physiology, science, psychology is entitled to the same appellation; and the method of investigation which elucidates the true relations of the one set of phenomena will discover those of the other."