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PHYSIOLOGIES
Noun
physiologies
plural of physiology
Anagrams
• physiologise
Source: Wiktionary
PHYSIOLOGY
Phys`i*ol"o*gy, n.; pl. Physiologies. Etym: [L. physiologia, Gr. physiologie.]
1. The science which treats of the phenomena of living organisms; the study of the processes incidental to, and characteristic of, life.
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.
2. A treatise on physiology. Mental physiology, the science of the functions and phenomena of the mind, as distinguished from a philosophical explanation of the same.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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