physiology C2+ Topic:House & Home US /ˌfɪziˈɑlədʒi/ UK /ˌfɪziˈɒlədʒi/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun the branch of biology dealing with the functions of living organisms and their parts Human physiology explains how the heart pumps blood through the body. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the branch of biology... biologyanatomybiofunction Word family Derived forms physiologicalphysiologist Related forms physicsphysicphysiquemorphology Etymology AI details From Latin physiologia ('natural philosophy'), from Ancient Greek physiologia, from physis ('nature') + -logia ('study', from logos 'word, discourse'). physis Ancient Greek logos Ancient Greek View etymology graph -> Topics House & Home Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # physiology **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˌfɪziˈɑlədʒi/ **IPA (UK):** /ˌfɪziˈɒlədʒi/ ## Meanings 1. the branch of biology dealing with the functions of living organisms and their parts ## Examples - Human physiology explains how the heart pumps blood through the body. ## Synonyms - biology - anatomy - biofunction ## Derived Forms - physiological - physiologist ## Related Forms - physics - physic - physique - morphology ## Roots and Affixes - Root: physis - Root: logos ## Etymology From Latin physiologia ('natural philosophy'), from Ancient Greek physiologia, from physis ('nature') + -logia ('study', from logos 'word, discourse'). ## AI Etymology Physiology is from Latin physiologia ('natural philosophy'), from Ancient Greek physiologia, from physis ('nature') + -logia ('study', from logos 'word, discourse'). Important recorded forms include physis (Ancient Greek) and logos (Ancient Greek). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense remains close to that composition, with the parts narrowing into a single lexical item. In current use it covers the branch of biology dealing with the functions of living organisms and their parts. The wider family includes derived forms such as physiological and physiologist and related words such as physics, physic, physique, and morphology. ## Topics - House & Home - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown