生せい理り学がく

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The scientific study of the functions and mechanisms of living organisms. Used in academic, medical, and biological contexts.

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He is majoring in physiology at university.

生せい理り学がくの知ち識しきは医い学がくの基き礎そとなる。

Knowledge of physiology forms the foundation of medicine.

〈場ば所しょ〉で生せい理り学がくを専せん攻こうするto major in physiology at (a school)
彼かの女じょは大だい学がくで生せい理り学がくを専せん攻こうしている。
She is majoring in physiology at university.
生せい理り学がく的てきに〈動どう詞し〉to (verb) from a physiological standpoint
そのストレス反はん応のうは生せい理り学がく的てきに説せつ明めいできる。
That stress response can be explained physiologically.

解かい剖ぼう学がく
解剖学 studies the structure of the body, whereas 生理学 studies how the body functions, so the two fields are complementary rather than identical.

解かい剖ぼう学がく
解剖学 studies the physical structure of organisms, while 生理学 studies how those structures function.
生せい物ぶつ学がく
生物学 is the broad study of all living things, while 生理学 is the narrower field focused on internal bodily functions.

From 生理 (せいり, 'physiology; life functions') + 学 (がく, 'study'). The term is a direct adaptation of the Western scientific concept of physiology.

pathophysiology

pathophysiology

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