physiology

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.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌfɪziˈɒləd͡ʒi/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌfɪziˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
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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.
- 2023, Isabel Waidner, Corey Fah Does Social Mobility, Hamish Hamilton, page 86:
  So he clung to the sides of the vertical tunnel, le wormhole, employing the setules covering his legs, that is, millions of tiny spider-hairs with triangular tips, a wall-creeper physiology if you wish, a hang-upside-down-from-the-ceiling anatomical boon.
(obsolete) The study and description of natural objects; natural science.

Synonyms

(branch of biology): bionomy

Hypernyms

biology

Hyponyms

Coordinate terms

anatomy

Related terms

Translations

branch of biology

Arabic: فِيزْيُولُوجِيَا f (fizyulūjiyā)
Armenian: ֆիզիոլոգիա (hy) (fiziologia), բնախոսություն (hy) (bnaxosutʻyun)
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
Estonian: füsioloogia
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)
Hindi: शरीरक्रिया विज्ञान m (śarīrkriyā vijñān), दैहिकी f (daihikī), कार्यिकी f (kāryikī)
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

References

physiology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia