"physiology" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌfɪziˈɒləd͡ʒi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌfɪziˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-physiology.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-physiology.wav [US] Forms: physiologies [plural]
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. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|physiologie}} French physiologie, {{uder|en|la|physiologia}} Latin physiologia, {{uder|en|grc|φυσιολογία||natural philosophy}} Ancient Greek φυσιολογία (phusiología, “natural philosophy”), {{m|grc|φύσις||nature}} φύσις (phúsis, “nature”), {{m|grc|λόγος||word}} λόγος (lógos, “word”), {{af|en|physio-|-logy}} physio- + -logy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} physiology (countable and uncountable, plural physiologies)
  1. 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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine, Physiology Synonyms (branch of biology): bionomy Translations (branch of biology): فِيزْيُولُوجِيَا (fizyulūjiyā) [feminine] (Arabic), ֆիզիոլոգիա (fiziologia) (Armenian), բնախոսություն (bnaxosutʿyun) (Armenian), fisioloxía [feminine] (Asturian), фізіяло́гія (fizijalóhija) [feminine] (Belarusian), физиология (fiziologija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ဇီဝကမ္မဗေဒ (jiwa.kamma.beda.) (Burmese), fisiologia [feminine] (Catalan), 生理 (shēnglǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 生理學 (Chinese Mandarin), 生理学 (shēnglǐxué) (Chinese Mandarin), fyziologie [feminine] (Czech), fysiologi [common-gender] (Danish), fysiologie [feminine] (Dutch), fiziologio (Esperanto), fysiologia (Finnish), physiologie [feminine] (French), fisioloxía [feminine] (Galician), Physiologie [feminine] (German), φυσιολογία (fysiología) [feminine] (Greek), દેહધર્મવિદ્યા (dehdharmavidyā) (Gujarati), શરીરક્રિયાવિજ્ઞાન (śarīrakriyāvijñān) (Gujarati), શારીરિકશાસ્ત્ર (śārīrikśāstra) (Gujarati), פִיזְיוֹלוֹגְיָה (fizyológya) [feminine] (Hebrew), शरीरक्रिया विज्ञान (śarīrkriyā vijñān) [masculine] (Hindi), दैहिकी (daihikī) [feminine] (Hindi), कार्यिकी (kāryikī) [feminine] (Hindi), fiziológia (Hungarian), élettan (Hungarian), lífeðlisfræði [feminine] (Icelandic), fisiologi (Indonesian), ilmu faal (Indonesian), fiseolaíocht [feminine] (Irish), fisiologia (Italian), 生理 (seiri) (alt: せいり) (Japanese), 生理学 (seirigaku) (alt: せいりがく) [subjective] [science, sciences] (Japanese), физиолог (fiziolog) (Kalmyk), ಶರೀರಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ (śarīraśāstra) (Kannada), សរីរវិទ្យា (sa’rəy vityie) (Khmer), 생리학 (saengnihak) (alt: 生理學) (Korean), ສະລີລະວິທະຍາ (sa lī la wi tha nyā) (Lao), physiologia [feminine] (Latin), fizioloģija [feminine] (Latvian), fiziologija [feminine] (Lithuanian), fisiologi (Malay), kaji tugas organ (Malay), mātai whaiaroaro (Maori), fysiologi [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), fysiologi [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), fisiologia [feminine] (Occitan), fizjologia (Polish), fisiologia [feminine] (Portuguese), fiziologie [feminine] (Romanian), физиоло́гия (fiziológija) [feminine] (Russian), fisiología [feminine] (Spanish), fiziolojia (Swahili), fysiologi [common-gender] (Swedish), liksanan (Tagalog), สรีรวิทยา (sà-rii-rá-wít-tá-yaa) (Thai), fizyoloji (Turkish), фізіоло́гія (fiziolóhija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), sinh lý học (alt: 生理學) (Vietnamese), fizyoloci [feminine] (Zazaki)
    Sense id: en-physiology-en-noun-YvSghV98 Disambiguation of Medicine: 66 34 Disambiguation of Physiology: 65 35 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with physio-, English terms suffixed with -logy, English terms suffixed with -ology, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with physio-: 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -logy: 45 55 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ology: 45 55 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 56 44 Disambiguation of 'branch of biology': 91 9 Disambiguation of 'branch of biology': 91 9
  2. (obsolete) The study and description of natural objects; natural science. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-physiology-en-noun-kGXTBcgC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with physio-, English terms suffixed with -logy, English terms suffixed with -ology Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 43 57 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 32 68 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with physio-: 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -logy: 45 55 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ology: 45 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: biology Related terms: physiologic, physiological, physiologist, biochemistry Coordinate_terms: anatomy

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      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "branch of biology",
      "word": "fisiologi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "branch of biology",
      "word": "kaji tugas organ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "branch of biology",
      "word": "mātai whaiaroaro"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "branch of biology",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fysiologi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "branch of biology",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fysiologi"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "branch of biology",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fisiologia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "branch of biology",
      "word": "fizjologia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "branch of biology",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fisiologia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "branch of biology",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fiziologie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fiziológija",
      "sense": "branch of biology",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "физиоло́гия"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "branch of biology",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fisiología"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "branch of biology",
      "word": "fiziolojia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "branch of biology",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fysiologi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "branch of biology",
      "word": "liksanan"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sà-rii-rá-wít-tá-yaa",
      "sense": "branch of biology",
      "word": "สรีรวิทยา"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "branch of biology",
      "word": "fizyoloji"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "fiziolóhija",
      "sense": "branch of biology",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "фізіоло́гія"
    },
    {
      "alt": "生理學",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "branch of biology",
      "word": "sinh lý học"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "branch of biology",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fizyoloci"
    }
  ],
  "word": "physiology"
}

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