physiology

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The biological study of the functions of living organisms and their parts.

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All the functions of a living organism or any of its parts.

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A treatise on physiology or the functions of living organisms.

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l. Natural philosophy.

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The sum of scientific knowledge concerning the functions of living things.

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The science which treats of the phenomena of living organisms; the study of the processes incidental to, and characteristic of, life.

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A treatise on physiology.

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the science of the functions and phenomena of the mind, as distinguished from a philosophical explanation of the same.

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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.

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The study and description of natural objects; natural science.