Phys`i*ol"o*gy (?), n.;
pl. Physiologies (#). [L.
physiologia, Gr. &?;; fy`sis nature + &?; discourse: cf. F.
physiologie.]
1. The science which treats of the phenomena of living organisms; the study of
the processes incidental
to, and characteristic of, life.
&fist; 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.
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