English
Etymology
From French physiologie, from Latin physiologia, from Ancient Greek φυσιολογία (phusiología, “natural philosophy”), from φύσις (phúsis, “nature”) + λόγος (lógos, “word”). Equivalent to physio- + -logy.
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Noun
physiology (countable and uncountable, plural physiologies)
- 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.
- (obsolete) The study and description of natural objects; natural science.
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branch of biology
- Arabic: فِيزْيُولُوجِيَا f (fizyulūjiyā)
- Armenian: ֆիզիոլոգիա (hy) (fiziologia), բնախոսություն (hy) (bnaxosutʿyun)
- Asturian: fisioloxía f
- Belarusian: фізіяло́гія f (fizijalóhija)
- Bulgarian: физиология (bg) f (fiziologija)
- Burmese: ဇီဝကမ္မဗေဒ (jiwa.kamma.beda.)
- Catalan: fisiologia f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 生理 (zh) (shēnglǐ), 生理學／生理学 (zh) (shēnglǐxué)
- Czech: fyziologie (cs) f
- Danish: fysiologi (da) c
- Dutch: fysiologie (nl) f
- Esperanto: fiziologio
- Finnish: fysiologia (fi)
- French: physiologie (fr) f
- Galician: fisioloxía (gl) f
- German: Physiologie (de) f
- Greek: φυσιολογία (el) f (fysiología)
- Gujarati: દેહધર્મવિદ્યા (dehdharmavidyā), શરીરક્રિયાવિજ્ઞાન (śarīrakriyāvijñān), શારીરિકશાસ્ત્ર (śārīrikśāstra)
- Hebrew: פִיזְיוֹלוֹגְיָה (he) f (fizyológya)
- Hungarian: fiziológia (hu), élettan (hu)
- Icelandic: lífeðlisfræði f
- Indonesian: fisiologi (id), ilmu faal (id)
- Irish: fiseolaíocht f
- Italian: fisiologia (it)
- Japanese: 生理 (ja) (せいり, seiri), (science, subject) 生理学 (ja) (せいりがく, seirigaku)
- Kalmyk: физиолог (fiziolog)
- Kannada: ಶರೀರಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ (kn) (śarīraśāstra)
- Khmer: សរីរវិទ្យា (km) (sa’rəy vityie)
- Korean: 생리학(生理學) (ko) (saengnihak)
- Lao: ສະລີລະວິທະຍາ (sa lī la wi tha nyā)
- Latin: physiologia f
- Latvian: fizioloģija (lv) f
- Lithuanian: fiziologija f
- Malay: fisiologi (ms), kaji tugas organ
- Maori: mātai whaiaroaro
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: fysiologi m
- Nynorsk: fysiologi m
- Occitan: fisiologia (oc) f
- Polish: fizjologia (pl)
- Portuguese: fisiologia (pt) f
- Romanian: fiziologie (ro) f
- Russian: физиоло́гия (ru) f (fiziológija)
- Spanish: fisiología (es) f
- Swahili: fiziolojia
- Swedish: fysiologi (sv) c
- Tagalog: liksanan
- Thai: สรีรวิทยา (th) (sà-rii-rá-wít-tá-yaa)
- Turkish: fizyoloji (tr)
- Ukrainian: фізіоло́гія (uk) f (fiziolóhija)
- Vietnamese: sinh lý học (vi) (生理學)
- Zazaki: fizyoloci f
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References
Further reading
- “physiology”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “physiology”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “physiology”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.