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physiology

[fiz-ee-ol-uh-jee] / ˌfɪz iˈɒl ə dʒi /




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The findings were published in Temperature, a scientific journal focused on the medical physiology of body temperature regulation.

From Science Daily Jul. 28, 2026

“There’s a couple of reasons,” Dr. Michael Joyner, a specialist in the physiology of elite athletes at the Mayo Clinic, said of the growing lifespan of soccer players.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

Taylor adds: "If people can understand how the physiology of cooling works, then we can start to help them deal with the heat better."

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

“Pasteurizing milk kills or changes the natural enzymes, antibodies, and fatty acids that are critical to the physiology of how this works in your body.”

From Salon Jun. 22, 2026

As genetics moved from a material to a mechanistic conception of genes—from what genes are to what they do—human biologists began to perceive long-sought connections between genes, human physiology, and pathology.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

“Along the way, he helps audiences understand their own physiologies and how to improve their overall performance, health and well-being.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 2, 2025

He and colleagues have established a lab colony of the Llullaillaco rodents and other high-altitude mice in Chile to study their unique physiologies.

From Science Magazine Oct. 23, 2023

In another twist that invites multiple interpretations, the fleet-wide infection of Borg-altered DNA into the physiologies of Starfleet personnel only affects younger beings – in human terms, those 25 and under.

From Salon Apr. 20, 2023

As a collective group, protists display an astounding diversity of morphologies, physiologies, and ecologies.

From Textbooks Apr. 25, 2013

And we can, on occasion, deliberately alter some of these genes to change their functions, thereby resulting in altered human states, altered physiologies, and changed beings.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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