Physiology
Pronunciation : Phys`i*ol"o*gy
Part of Speech : n.;
Etymology : [L. physiologia, Gr. physiologie.]
Definition : 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.
pl. Physiologies.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913