Defn: To speculate in physiology; to make physiological investigations. Cudworth.
PHYSIOLOGY 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.
PHYSIOPHYLY
Phys`i*oph"y*ly, n. Etym: [Gr. (Biol.)
Defn: The tribal history of the functions, or the history of the paleontological development of vital activities, — being a branch of phylogeny. See Morphophyly. Haeckel.
PHYSIQUE
Phy*sique", n. Etym: [F. See Physic.]
Defn: The natural constitution, or physical structure, of a person.
With his white hair and splendid physique. Mrs. Stowe.
PHYSNOMY
Phys"no*my, n.