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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.

The science of sensation in relation to nervous action. H. Spenser.

That branch of physiology which treats of electric phenomena produced through physiological agencies.

Vegetable physiology.

The part of physiology that treats of the glands.

Physiology. [R.] Dunglison.

damental laws or systems of relation pervading them; as, comparative anatomy, comparative physiology, comparative philology.

quality, etc., of objects, as of metals or ores, of medicines, or of facts pertaining to physiology.

The doctrine of purposelessness; a term applied by Haeckel to that branch of physiology which treats of rudimentary organs, in view of their being useless to the life of the organism. To the doctrine of dysteleology, or the denial of final causes, a proof of the real existence of such a thing as instinct must necessari…

To entangle as in a cobweb; to mix confusedly. [R.] Hudibras. Physiology imbrangled with an inapplicable logic. Coleridge.

pts to account philosophically for the various phenomena of health as well as of disease; physiology applied to the practice of medicine. Dunglison.

That part of physiology which treats of the integuments of animals and plants.

Causing or setting up motion; pertaining to organs of motion; - - applied especially in physiology to those nerves or nerve fibers which only convey impressions from a nerve center to muscles, thereby causing motion.

The department of physiology which deals with the principles of muscular contraction; the exercise of muscular force or contraction.

is regarded as the most important work during the year in physics, chemistry, medicine or physiology, idealistic literature, and service in the interest of peace. The prizes, averaging $40,000 each, were first awarded in 1901.

umorous name for any science or branch of knowledge. He had a smattering of mechanics, of physiology, geology, mineralogy, and all other ologies whatsoever. De Quincey.

of light. 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 latt…

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.