physiology
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That result suggests that dinosaur size was not controlled by physiology alone.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
“There’s a couple of reasons,” Dr. Michael Joyner, a specialist in the physiology of elite athletes at the Mayo Clinic, said of the growing lifespan of soccer players.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
"Your physiology is performing beautifully," he tells me.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
“Pasteurizing milk kills or changes the natural enzymes, antibodies, and fatty acids that are critical to the physiology of how this works in your body.”
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
She was fresh out of college with a physiology degree when her adviser sent her for an interview.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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He and colleagues have established a lab colony of the Llullaillaco rodents and other high-altitude mice in Chile to study their unique physiologies.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 23, 2023
In another twist that invites multiple interpretations, the fleet-wide infection of Borg-altered DNA into the physiologies of Starfleet personnel only affects younger beings – in human terms, those 25 and under.
From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2023
Some members of the sisterhood have evolved unique physiologies to defend against disease.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 19, 2023
In other words, all athletes possess different physiologies, but when does the disparity become unfair?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2022
And we can, on occasion, deliberately alter some of these genes to change their functions, thereby resulting in altered human states, altered physiologies, and changed beings.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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