As nouns the difference between pharmacognosy and physiology
is that pharmacognosy is a branch of pharmacology that studies medical substances that are derived from natural sources, and their recognition while physiology is 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.
pharmacognosy
English
Noun
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wikipedia pharmacognosy)
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pharmacognosies)
A branch of pharmacology that studies medical substances that are derived from natural sources, and their recognition.
physiology
Noun
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.
(obsolete) The study and description of natural objects; natural science.
Derived terms
* zoophysiology
* cytophysiology
* ecophysiology
* electrophysiology
* neurophysiology
* pathophysiology
* phytophysiology
* psychophysiology
* sociophysiology
Related terms
* physiologic
* physiological
* physiologist
See also
* biology
* anatomy