physiology /(fĭz`ĭ*ŏl"ō̇*jy̆)/

phys·i·ol·o·gy

physiology

n.

pl. Physiologies

  1. The science which treats of the phenomena of living organisms; the study of the processes incidental to, and characteristic of, life.
  2. A treatise on physiology.

Phrases & Compounds

Mental physiology
the science of the functions and phenomena of the mind, as distinguished from a philosophical explanation of the same.