Synonyms and Antonyms of physiology

hypernym (physiology IS A KIND OF .... relation)

  • processes and functions of an organism (noun.attribute)
    bodily property
    an attribute of the body (noun.attribute)
     
  • the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms (noun.cognition)
    biological science, biology
    the science that studies living organisms (noun.cognition)
     

hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF physiology relation)

  • (noun.cognition)
    neurophysiology
    the branch of neuroscience that studies the physiology of the nervous system (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    hemodynamics
    the branch of physiology that studies the circulation of the blood and the forces involved (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    kinesiology
    the branch of physiology that studies the mechanics and anatomy in relation to human movement (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    myology
    the branch of physiology that studies muscles (noun.cognition)
     

derivation (.... is derived from physiology)

  • processes and functions of an organism (noun.attribute)
    physiologist
    a biologist specializing in physiology (noun.person)
     
  • (adj.all)
    physiologic, physiological
    of or consistent with an organism's normal functioning (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.pert)
    physiological
    of or relating to the biological study of physiology (adj.pert)
     

domain member category (.... is a member category of physiology domain)

  • (verb.creation)
    facilitate
    increase the likelihood of (a response) (verb.creation)
     
  • the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms (noun.cognition)
    accommodation
    (physiology) the automatic adjustment in focal length of the natural lens of the eye (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    adaptation
    (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light) (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    abduction
    (physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    adduction
    (physiology) moving of a body part toward the central axis of the body (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    contraction, muscle contraction, muscular contraction
    (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber) (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    control
    (physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.body)
    antagonistic muscle
    (physiology) a muscle that opposes the action of another (noun.body)
     
  • (noun.body)
    humor, humour
    (Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state (noun.body)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    sensibility, sensitiveness, sensitivity
    (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    localisation, localisation of function, localisation principle, localization, localization of function, localization principle
    (physiology) the principle that specific functions have relatively circumscribed locations in some particular part or organ of the body (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.event)
    irradiation
    (physiology) the spread of sensory neural impulses in the cortex (noun.event)
     
  • (noun.phenomenon)
    cell death, necrobiosis
    (physiology) the normal degeneration and death of living cells (as in various epithelial cells) (noun.phenomenon)
     
  • (noun.process)
    acid-base balance, acid-base equilibrium
    (physiology) the normal equilibrium between acids and alkalis in the body (noun.process)
     
  • (noun.process)
    autoregulation
    (physiology) processes that maintain a generally constant physiological state in a cell or organism (noun.process)
     
  • (noun.process)
    inhibition
    (physiology) the process whereby nerves can retard or prevent the functioning of an organ or part (noun.process)
     
  • (noun.process)
    nutrition
    (physiology) the organic process of nourishing or being nourished; the processes by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and main more.. (noun.process)
     
  • (noun.process)
    relaxation
    (physiology) the gradual lengthening of inactive muscle or muscle fibers (noun.process)
     
  • (noun.process)
    stimulation
    (physiology) the effect of a stimulus (on nerves or organs etc.) (noun.process)
     
  • (noun.process)
    summation
    (physiology) the process whereby multiple stimuli can produce a response (in a muscle or nerve or other part) that one stimulus alone does not produce (noun.process)
     
  • (noun.state)
    homeostasis
    (physiology) metabolic equilibrium actively maintained by several complex biological mechanisms that operate via the autonomic nervous system to offse more.. (noun.state)
     
  • (verb.change)
    innervate
    stimulate to action (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    irritate
    excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus (verb.change)
     
  • (adj.all)
    abducent, abducting
    especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    adducent, adducting, adductive
    especially of muscles; bringing together or drawing toward the midline of the body or toward an adjacent part (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    afferent
    of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    efferent, motorial
    of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying information away from the CNS (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    isometric
    of or involving muscular contraction in which tension increases while length remains constant (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    isotonic
    of or involving muscular contraction in which tension is constant while length changes (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    cavernous, erectile
    filled with vascular sinuses and capable of becoming distended and rigid as the result of being filled with blood (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    erect, tumid
    of sexual organs; stiff and rigid (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    antidromic
    conducting nerve impulses in a direction opposite to normal (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    excitable, irritable
    capable of responding to stimuli (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    unaerated, unoxygenated
    (used of blood) not supplied with oxygen (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    voluntary
    controlled by individual volition (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    involuntary
    controlled by the autonomic nervous system; without conscious control (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    automatic, reflex, reflexive
    without volition or conscious control (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    autonomic
    relating to or controlled by the autonomic nervous system (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    vegetative
    relating to involuntary bodily functions (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.pert)
    autacoidal
    of or relating to an autacoid (adj.pert)
     
  • (adj.pert)
    pressor
    increasing (or tending to increase) blood pressure (adj.pert)
     
  • (adj.pert)
    tonic
    of or relating to or producing normal tone or tonus in muscles or tissue (adj.pert)
     
  • (adj.pert)
    sympathetic
    of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system (adj.pert)
     
  • (adj.pert)
    parenteral
    located outside the alimentary tract (adj.pert)
     
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