physiology

n. உடல்நுல், விலங்குகளும் தாவரங்களும் உள்ளிட்ட உயிரினங்களின் இயற்கைச் செயற்பாடுகளையும் தோற்றங்களையும் கூறும் நுல்.

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Phys`i*ol"o*gy, n.; pl. Physiologies. Etym: [L. physiologia, Gr. physiologie.] 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.

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