physiology
physi|ol|ogy /f'ɪzi'ɒlədʒi/
1 [N-UNCOUNT]
Physiology is the scientific study of how people's and animals' bodies function, and of how plants function.
...the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology.
● physiologist [N-COUNT]
... a retired plant physiologist.
2 [N-UNCOUNT] usu with supp
The physiology of a human or animal's body or of a plant is the way that it functions.
...the physiology of respiration.
...insect physiology.
● physiological [ADJ]
...the physiological effects of stress.
1 [N-UNCOUNT]
Physiology is the scientific study of how people's and animals' bodies function, and of how plants function.
...the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology.
● physiologist [N-COUNT]
... a retired plant physiologist.
2 [N-UNCOUNT] usu with supp
The physiology of a human or animal's body or of a plant is the way that it functions.
...the physiology of respiration.
...insect physiology.
● physiological [ADJ]
...the physiological effects of stress.