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Descriptor English: Physiology
Descriptor Spanish: Fisiología
Descriptor fisiología
Scope note: Ciencia biológica que trata de las propiedades, las funciones y los procesos de los organismos vivos o sus partes, para el mantenimiento de la vida.
Descriptor Portuguese: Fisiologia
Descriptor French: Physiologie
Tree number(s): H01.158.782
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010827
Scope note: The biological science concerned with the life-supporting properties, functions, and processes of living organisms or their parts.
Annotation: the discipline (education, history, etc) only; use PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA or specifics treed under it for functions and processes of organisms, or the qualifier / physiology with specific anatomical terms, organisms, and physiological and psychological processes
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Entry Version: PHYSIOL
DeCS ID: 11259
Unique ID: D010827
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2013/07/09
Physiology - Preferred
Concept UI M0016812
Scope note The biological science concerned with the life-supporting properties, functions, and processes of living organisms or their parts.
Preferred term Physiology



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