As nouns the difference between physiology and psychiatry
is that 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 while psychiatry is (medicine) the branch of medicine that subjectively diagnoses, treats, and studies mental illness and behavioural conditions.
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
psychiatry
Noun
(en-noun)
(medicine) The branch of medicine that subjectively diagnoses, treats, and studies mental illness and behavioural conditions.
Derived terms
* psychiatric
* psychiatrist
