Physiology

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Physiology is the study of how living things function. ...biochemical composition ...or reaction to drugs or disease

Etiology

Latin or Greek: physiologia; Greek: physis- nature, + logos- study

hominal physiology comparative physiology

Some fields within physiology focus on certain kinds of living things, such as microbial physiology.

Pathophysiology

Also known as physiopathology