Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who is versed in physiology.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who is versed in the science of physiology; a student of the properties and functions of animal and vegetable organs and tissues.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who studies or specializes in
physiology .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a biologist specializing in physiology
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Examples
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Prior to the speech, G. Liljestrand, member of the Royal Academy of Sciences, addressed the laureate: A great physiologist from the 19th century once coined the expression, "The method is everything".
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M. Bernard, who is well known as a physiologist and anatomist, after a careful study of the salivary glands, finds that each of the three, common to nearly all animals, furnishes a different secretion.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 452 Volume 18, New Series, August 28, 1852 Various 1841
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(who help with mental and emotional issues) ... not a "physiologist" as you wrote.
Recent Activity kranthi 2010
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However, physiologist Mark Andrews of the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine writes in the new issue of Scientific American Mind that noise can lead to stress which actually impairs learning and memory.
Boing Boing 2010
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So far in the Armstrong case, former teammates, a chiropractor, a sports physiologist, and Tour de France champion Greg LeMond are among those who have received subpoenas.
Jonathan Littman: Lance Armstrong Witnesses on Hot Seat Jonathan Littman 2010
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Exercise physiologist, author and coach Dr. Jason Karp says that "can translate into muscle growth and strength, as long as each set of training is performed until your muscles fatigue."
Jill S. Brown: A Weighty Issue: Surprising Research on Lifting Light vs. Lifting Heavy Jill S. Brown 2010
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"These animals beat the odds and defy the aging process," says Rochelle Buffenstein, a physiologist at the center who had her scientific eye on Old Man since 1980, when she and colleagues captured him in a Kenyan sweet potato field.
Researchers try to understand naked mole rats' resistance to cancer 2011
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In June 2004, an animal physiologist, Kathrin Dausmann of Philipps University of Marburg, Germany found that the mammal Lemur of Madagascar hibernates in tree holes for seven months of the year.
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"These animals beat the odds and defy the aging process," says Rochelle Buffenstein, a physiologist at the center who had her scientific eye on Old Man since 1980, when she and colleagues captured him in a Kenyan sweet potato field.
Researchers try to understand naked mole rats' resistance to cancer 2011
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So far in the Armstrong case, former teammates, a chiropractor, a sports physiologist, and Tour de France champion Greg LeMond are among those who have received subpoenas.
Jonathan Littman: Lance Armstrong Witnesses on Hot Seat Jonathan Littman 2010
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