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paleophysiology

paleophysiology noun: the scientific study of the evolutionary basis of animal physiology.

Noun

paleophysiology (uncountable)

  1. The scientific study of the evolutionary basis of animal physiology.

Origin of paleophysiology

From paleo- + physiology.

Questions about paleophysiology

What does paleophysiology mean?
Paleophysiology means the scientific study of the evolutionary basis of animal physiology.
What part of speech is paleophysiology?
Paleophysiology is a noun.

Words near paleophysiology in the dictionary

  1. paleophycological
  2. paleophycology
  3. paleophylogeographic
  4. paleophylogeography
  5. paleophysiological
  6. paleophysiology
  7. paleophyte
  8. paleophytes
  9. paleophytic
  10. paleophytogeographical
  11. paleophytogeography

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