physiology
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
physiology/fɪziˈɒləʤi/
▶noun the branch of biology concerned with the normal functions of living organisms and their parts.
■ the way in which a living organism or bodily part functions.
– derivatives
physiologic adjective,
physiological adjective,
physiologically adverb,
physiologist noun.
physiologic adjective,
physiological adjective,
physiologically adverb,
physiologist noun.
'physiology' also found in these Oxford entries:
abduct
- action potential
- active immunity
- adrenergic
- afferent
- allogeneic
- alpha rhythm
- anagen
- angiogenesis
- antidromic
- antimetabolite
- antitoxin
- apocrine
- apoptosis
- arterialized
- atherogenic
- atonic
- atresia
- atrioventricular
- autoantibody
- autonomic
- Barr body
- basophil
- basophilic
- B-cell
- beta rhythm
- bilious
- bioavailability
- biorhythm
- B-lymphocyte
- BMI
- body mass index
- capacitate
- cell-mediated
- chemoreceptor
- cholinergic
- chyle
- chyme
- clotting factor
- clump
- complement
- contractile
- cryoprotectant
- cytokine
- decidua
- depressor
- diastole
- dilatation
- dorsiflex
- eccrine
