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nounprocesses and functions of an organismtype of:
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nounthe branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organismstype of:
Definition that contains physiology
- control (physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc
- organic involving or affecting physiology or bodily organs
- sensitivity (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation
- adaptation (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light)
- abduction (physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body
- functional involving or affecting function rather than physiology
- nutrition (physiology) the organic process of nourishing or being nourished; the processes by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance
- stimulation (physiology) the effect of a stimulus (on nerves or organs etc.)
- accommodation (physiology) the automatic adjustment in focal length of the natural lens of the eye
- relaxation (physiology) the gradual lengthening of inactive muscle or muscle fibers