Pathophysiology vs. Physiology

Pathophysiologynoun

(pathology) The physiological processes associated with disease or injury.

Pathophysiology

Pathophysiology (a.k.a. physiopathology) – a convergence of pathology with physiology – is the study of the disordered physiological processes that cause, result from, or are otherwise associated with a disease or injury.

Physiologynoun

A branch of biology that deals with the functions and activities of life or of living matter (as organs, tissues, or cells) and of the physical and chemical phenomena involved.

Physiologynoun

(obsolete) The study and description of natural objects; natural science.

Physiologynoun

The science which treats of the phenomena of living organisms; the study of the processes incidental to, and characteristic of, life.

Physiologynoun

A treatise on physiology.

Physiologynoun

the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms

Physiologynoun

processes and functions of an organism

Physiology

Physiology (; from Ancient Greek φύσις (physis) 'nature, origin', and -λογία (-logia) 'study of') is the scientific study of functions and mechanisms in a living system. As a sub-discipline of biology, physiology focuses on how organisms, organ systems, individual organs, cells, and biomolecules carry out the chemical and physical functions in a living system.