The reader should familiarize himself with the physiology of the ear by reference to physiologies.
During the past decade young men who studied these physiologies have been voting.
1560s, "study and description of natural objects," from Middle French physiologie or directly from Latin physiologia "natural science, study of nature," from Greek physiologia "natural science, inquiry into nature," from physio- "nature" (see physio-) + logia "study" (see -logy). Meaning "science of the normal function of living things" is attested from 1610s. Related: Physiologic; physiologist.
physiology phys·i·ol·o·gy (fĭz'ē-ŏl'ə-jē)
n.
Abbr. phys.
The biological study of the functions of living organisms and their parts.
All the functions of a living organism or any of its parts.
The study of the function of living things, including processes such as nutrition, movement, and reproduction. (Compare anatomy and morphology.)
