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That branch of pharmacology which treats of the action and the effects of medicines.

That branch of pharmacology which considers the mode of action, and the effects, of medicines. Dunglison.

That branch of pharmacology which treats of unprepared medicines or simples; -- called also pharmacography, and pharmacomathy.

One skilled in pharmacology.

Of or pertaining to philology. -- Phil`o*log"ic*al*ly, adv.

One versed in philology.

The doctrine or science of sounds; especially those of the human voice; phonology.

A combining form from Gr. sound, tone; as, phonograph, phonology.

Of or pertaining to phonology.

One versed in phonology.

Pertaining to photology, or the doctrine of light.

ght. It was formerly called assimilation, but this is now commonly used as in animal physiology. The details of the process are not yet clearly known. Baeyer's theory is that the carbon dioxide is reduced to carbon monoxide, which, uniting with the hydrogen of the water in the cell, produces formaldehyde, the latter fo…

Of or pertaining to phraseology; consisting of a peculiar form of words. "This verbal or phraseological answer." Bp. Pearson.

Of or pertaining to phrenology. -- Phren`o*log"ic*al*ly, adv.

One versed in phrenology; a craniologist.

hysical phenomena; materialism in philosophy and religion. Anthropomorphism grows into theology, while physicism (if I may so call it) develops into science. Huxley.

Of or pertaining to physiology; relating to the science of the functions of living organism; as, physiological botany or chemistry.

One who is versed in the science of physiology; a student of the properties and functions of animal and vegetable organs and tissues.

To speculate in physiology; to make physiological investigations. Cudworth.

One versed in phytolithology; a paleobotanist.