- the branch of science concerned with the functioning of organisms
- the processes and functions of all or part of an organism
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
phys•i•ol•o•gy /ˌfɪziˈɑlədʒi/USA pronunciation
n. [uncountable]
phys•i•ol•o•gist, n. [countable]See -phys-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Physiologythe branch of biology dealing with the functions and activities of living organisms and their parts.
- Physiology[usually singular] the processes or functions of something living or of any of its parts.
phys•i•ol•o•gist, n. [countable]See -phys-.
phys•i•ol•o•gy
(fiz′ē ol′ə jē),USA pronunciation n.
- Physiologythe branch of biology dealing with the functions and activities of living organisms and their parts, including all physical and chemical processes.
- Physiologythe organic processes or functions in an organism or in any of its parts.
- Greek physiología science of natural causes and phenomena. See physio-, -logy
- Latin physiologia
- 1555–65
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
physiology /ˌfɪzɪˈɒlədʒɪ/ n
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- Beadle
- Behring
- Békésy
- Benacerraf
- Bergström
- Black
- Blackburn
- Bloch
- Blumberg
- Bordet
- botany
- Bovet
- Brown
- Burnet
- Carrel
- Chain
- Claude
- Cohen
- Cori
- Cournand
- Dale
- Dam
- Delbrück
- Dulbecco
- Eccles
- Edelman
- Egas Moniz
- Ehrlich
- Eijkman
- Einthoven
- Enders
- Erlanger
- Euler
- Fibiger
- Finsen
- Fleming
- Frisch
- Gasser
- Haller
- Hill
- Hodgkin
- Hopkins
- Huxley
- ichthyology