How to Use physiology in a Sentence

physiology

noun
  • She took a course in anatomy and physiology.
  • When your body gets hot, hundreds of thousands of years of physiology kick in to cool you down.
    — Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The physiology of the foot is the basis for much of the research.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 18 Aug. 2020
  • Learn more about the physiology of stress and what that means for your best health and happiness.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 21 Oct. 2021
  • Bats altered their physiology to deal with this stress, and some of the changes had spin-off effects.
    — Rachel Ehrenberg, Ars Technica, 3 July 2020
  • This has more to tell us about physiology and medicine than a casual glance might suggest.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 3 Oct. 2022
  • The idea was to find substances that might be able to alter human physiology.
    — Megan Molteni and Elaine Chen, STAT, 30 Sep. 2023
  • He is transformed from a sickly, frail man to the peak of human physiology.
    — Sonia Rao, chicagotribune.com, 24 Apr. 2018
  • This is the rare anime with episodes that double as lessons in human physiology.
    — Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 5 Apr. 2021
  • Plants have evolved their physiology to build armor around their body and roots called the periderm.
    — Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025
  • The physiology of death by fire often has little to do with flame’s embrace of the combustible body.
    — Longreads, 9 May 2017
  • That animal isn’t the only one that’s hung onto its physiology for an epic amount of time.
    — Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 14 Nov. 2022
  • So not just the physiology of one athlete but of multiple athletes in one boat.
    — Danielle Lerner, The Courier-Journal, 11 May 2018
  • But the gold standard to study sleep is using physiology, Franken says.
    — National Geographic, 10 July 2019
  • From a physiology standpoint, the unique view comes down to types of light receptors in the eye itself.
    — Popular Science, 28 Aug. 2020
  • There are other aspects of brain physiology, such as the way neurons connect, that play a role.
    — Byrodrigo Pérez Ortega, science.org, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Yet the former were awarded in chemistry, while the latter was in physiology and medicine.
    — Jeffrey I. Seeman, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Dose, absorption and your own physiology all change how phytic acid behaves in the body.
    — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 June 2026
  • Dose, absorption and your own physiology all change how phytic acid behaves in the body.
    — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 June 2026
  • That nicely ties back to the category of this award, physiology or medicine.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 3 Oct. 2022
  • Until now, little was known about the impact of tourism on the physiology of these charismatic cats.
    — Neha Jain, Quartz India, 30 Oct. 2019
  • That would preserve the mouse’s genetic background but push its physiology closer to that of its wild cousins.
    — Cassandra Willyard, Scientific American, 9 Apr. 2018
  • Due to that, the student would have to bring her baby to Cissé's anatomy and physiology class the next day.
    — Ryan Prior, CNN, 27 Sep. 2019
  • To confirm the link between physiology and lifestyle, researchers will have to study more species, Davis says.
    — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2024
  • And this has been done ever since sleep physiology has been studied in the labs with a few electrodes, including some that are put under your chin.
    — Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 24 Aug. 2022
  • Within a minute, your physiology shifts.
    — Bybryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
  • Some of these health risks have to do with the physiology of being an especially small or large person, and what that means for the body’s organs.
    — Amanda MacMillan, Time, 8 Sep. 2017
  • The muscle of the fish also showed swelling and even breakdowns, and the hormones that regulate their physiology changed.
    — National Geographic, 20 June 2018
  • The causal effects of testosterone on human physiology have been understood for decades.
    — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026
  • This part of the daily routine is part of an immunology study to analyze the changes in human physiology in space.
    — Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2026

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