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physiology

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




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“This is a sort of very direct way of getting at their physiology that’s not been possible before.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

"It's such a drastic change in your physiology that it can come with serious side effects and risks, in particular for athletes," he told BBC Sport.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

Heather Massey, a physiology professor at the University of Portsmouth who was involved in the floating study, says it's important to challenge those myths.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

Wen says, "The broad brain-body pattern is important because it tells us that sleep duration is a deeply embedded part of our entire physiology, with far-reaching implications across the body."

From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026

Living physiology should be explicable in terms of physics, biophysicists argued—forces, motions, actions, motors, engines, levers, pulleys, clasps.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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

For example, humans are mammals, and the specifics of gestation and lactation require bodily differences that shape human physiologies, societies and experiences.

From Scientific American ● May 1, 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

In other words, all athletes possess different physiologies, but when does the disparity become unfair?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2022

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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