2. A treatise on physiology.

Mental physiology, the science of the functions and phenomena of the

mind, as distinguished from a philosophical explanation of the same.

Phys`i*oph"y*ly (?), n. [Gr. fy`sis nature + &?; a clan.] (Biol.) The

tribal history of the functions, or the history of the paleontological

development of vital activities, -- being a branch of phylogeny. See

Morphophyly. Haeckel.

Phy*sique" (?), n. [F. See Physic.] The natural constitution, or

physical structure, of a person.

With his white hair and splendid physique.

Mrs. Stowe.

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