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Definitions: Physiology |
PhysiologyNoun1. The branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms. 2. Processes and functions of an organism. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "physiology" was first used: 1564. (references) |
Etymology: Physiology \Phys`i*ol"o*gy\, noun; plural Physiologies. [Latin expression physiologia, Greek; fy`sis nature discourse: compare to the French expression physiologie.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Aerospace | The science that treats of the functions of living organisms or their parts, as distinguished from morphology, anatomy, etc. (references) |
Medicine | The science that deals with the life processes and functions of organismus; their cells, tissues and organs. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Physiology is a branch of biology that deals with the mechanical, physical, and biochemical functions of living organisms. Physiology has classically been divided into plant physiology and animal physiology.
Anatomist William Harvey described blood circulation in the 17th century, providing the beginning of experimental physiology.
Other major branches of scientific study that have grown out of physiology research include biochemistry, biophysics, biomechanics, and molecular biology.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Physiology."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Botany | Noun: botany; physiological botany, structural botany, systematic botany; phytography, phytology, phytotomy; vegetable physiology, |
Life | Physiology, biology; animal ecology. |
Organization | Biology; natural history, organic chemistry, anatomy, physiology; zoology; botany; microbiology, virology, bacteriology, mycology; naturalist. |
Zoology | Noun: zoology, zoonomy, zoography, zootomy; anatomy; comparative anatomy; animal physiology, comparative physiology; morphology; mammalogy. |
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Screenplays | You can alter our physiology but you cannot change our nature. (Star Trek: Voyager; writing credit: Douglas Day Stewart) | |
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 | Dr. Portier, professor of physiology at the Sorbonne and the Oceanographic Institute. Plate IV, print 7. In: "Results of the Scientific Campaigns of the Prince of Monaco." Vol. 89.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Figure 32. Regnard bottle invented by Professor Paul Regnard, deputy director of the Experimental Physiology Laboratory at the Sorbonne, in 1890. Left: descending. Right: ascending. The top balloon is missing in these views. This instrument was used to water depths of about 100 meters.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | Lawrence Johnson, who is at the Germplasm and Gamete Physiology Laboratory in Beltsville, Maryland, has developed a system for sorting batches of livestock sperm cells based on the amount of DNA they carry. The X-bearing sperm carry more DNA, which can be measured using a fluorescent dye and a laser. Based on the light they emit, the X and Y sperm can be collected in separate tubes. P.Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |  | Parital view of students' laboratory of physiology.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Private laboratory - professor of physiology.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | John Haighton, M.D. F.R.S. : Lecturer on Midwifery and Physiology at Guy's Hospital. / H. Ashby pinxt. J. Kennerly sculp.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Three trees undergoing plant physiology experiments, including demonstration that suction of roots can overcome the force of gravity] / S.G.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | School of vocal physiology ...Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Laboratories of pathology, pharmacology, and physiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Iona School science building, New Rochelle, New York. Physiology room.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Health | Griggs, R, Ptacek, L, and Johnson, K. Genetics and Physiology of the Myotonic Muscle Disorders. (references) | |
The content should include concepts of sleep physiology and pathophysiology, and assessment and differential diagnosis. (references) | ||
Treatment is symptomatic and supportive, and may include physical or occupational therapy, exercise physiology, and/or speech pathology. (references) | ||
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| "Physiology" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Physiology" is used about 301 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 301 | 16,714 |
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Expressions using "physiology": Bacterial Physiology ♦ Blood Physiology ♦ Cardiovascular Physiology ♦ Cell Physiology ♦ Circulatory and Respiratory Physiology ♦ comparative physiology ♦ Dental Physiology ♦ Digestive Physiology ♦ mental physiology ♦ Musculoskeletal Physiology ♦ Nervous System Physiology ♦ occupational physiology ♦ Ocular Physiology ♦ Plant Physiology ♦ Reproductive and Urinary Physiology ♦ Respiratory Physiology ♦ Skin Physiology ♦ Urinary Tract Physiology ♦ vegetable physiology ♦ Viral Physiology ♦ work physiology. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "physiology": AEstho-physiology, electro-physiology, neuro-physiology, psycho-physiology. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "physiology"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | fiziologji. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | علم وظائف الأعضاء. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | физиология. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 生理 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | fyziologie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | fysiologi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | natuurleer, fysiologie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | فیزیولوژی , تن کردشناسی , علم وظاءف الاعضاء , علم طبیعی . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | fysiologia. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | physiologie (physilogy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Physiologie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | φισιολογία. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | פיסיולוגיה. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | fiziológia, élettan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | fisiologia. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 生理学 , 生理 (menses). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | せいりがく, せいり (adjustment, arrangement, menses, regulation, sorting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 생리학 (Physiologies). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | oayllys cholbey, fyshoaylleeaght. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ysiologyphay fisiologia (physiotherapy), fisiólogo. (various references) fiziologie. (various references) физиология. (various references) fiziologija. (various references) fisiología. (various references) fysiologi. (various references) işlevbilim, fizyoloji. (various references) фізіологія. (various references) sinh lý học. (various references) anianeg, anianaeth (natural sciences, physics). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | physiologia. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | physiologia. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words ending with "physiology": ecophysiology, electrophysiology, histophysiology, neurophysiology, pathophysiology, psychophysiology. (additional references) | |
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"Physiology" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: phsiology, physcology, physilogy, physioligy, physioloby, Physiologia, physioloy, physoilogy, physology, Phytologia, phytology, psysiology. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "physiology" (pronounced fi'zēÄ"lujē) |
| 7 | -z ē Ä" l u j ē | anesthesiology. |
| 6 | -ē Ä" l u j ē | archaeology, archeology, cardiology, embryology, epidemiology, etiology, genealogy, geology, ideology, radiology, sociology, theology. |
| 5 | -Ä" l u j ē | anthology, anthropology, apology, astrology, bacteriology, biology, biotechnology, chronology, cosmetology, criminology, cytology, dendrochronology, dermatology, doxology, ecology, endocrinology, entomology, epistemology, ethnology, ethology, etymology, geomorphology, gerontology, graphology, gynecology, histology, Hymnology, immunology, kinesiology, limnology, meteorology, methodology, microbiology, micropaleontology, mineralogy, morphology, mycology, mythology, neurology, numerology, oncology, ontology, ophthalmology, ornithology, otology, paleontology, pathology, penology, petrology, pharmacology, Pomology, psychology, rheumatology, seismology, serology, terminology, toxicology, urology, virology, zoology. |
| 4 | -l u j ē | analogy, cosmology, elegy, eulogy, trilogy. |
| 3 | -u j ē | prodigy, strategy. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "g-h-i-l-o-o-p-s-y-y" | |
-4 letters: glyphs, golosh, goyish, igloos, isolog, polios, polish, poshly, sylphy. | |
-5 letters: gipsy, glops, glyph, goops, goopy, goosy, gypsy, hooly, hoops, hypos, igloo, logoi, logos, loops, loopy, olios, ology, ploys, polio, polis, polos, polys, poohs, pools, shily, shool, shyly, sloop, sophy, spoil, spool, sylph, yoghs, yogis. | |
| Words containing the letters "g-h-i-l-o-o-p-s-y-y" | |
+3 letters: ecophysiology, psychobiology. | |
+4 letters: phytosociology. | |
+5 letters: histophysiology, neurophysiology, pathophysiology, physiologically, physiopathology, psychologically. | |
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