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the scientific study of the normal functions of living things 生理学 the department of anatomy and physiology 解剖生理学系
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the way in which a particular living thing functions 生理机能 plant physiology 植物的生理机能 the physiology of the horse 马的生理机能
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin physiologia (perhaps via French), from Greek phusiologia ‘natural philosophy’ (see physio-, -logy).