physiology
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“This just flies in the face of all logic and physiology that any doctor has learned for 100 years.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Mike Tipton, professor of physiology at Portsmouth University and chair of the National Water Safety Forum says learning to float is the key to survival.
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
"This represents a distinct pathway from what is described in traditional physiology models," Dr. Chebib says.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 17, 2026
“Yes. Gethenian sexual physiology, so far as we yet know, is unique among human beings.”
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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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
In other words, all athletes possess different physiologies, but when does the disparity become unfair?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2022
Stress can affect a wide range of physiologies and behaviors, and researchers are beginning to test whether the additions make the animals better models for depression—and, in the case of these particular fish—retinal regeneration.
From Science Magazine ● Feb. 7, 2018
As a collective group, protists display an astounding diversity of morphologies, physiologies, and ecologies.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013
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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