单词 | palaeophysiology |
释义 | palaeophysiologypaleophysiologyn. The physiology of extinct and fossil organisms (in quot. 1880, of early races of humankind). ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > study > [noun] > physiology > branches of electrophysiology1838 actinology1855 trophology1865 physiogeny1879 palaeophysiology1880 physiogenesis1887 ecophysiology1950 1880 D. Asher tr. L. Geiger Contrib. Hist. Devel. Human Race iii. 48 These questions..fall within the province of physiology, or, if I am permitted to coin the term, of palæo-physiology. 1938 Amer. Naturalist 72 321 A sort of paleophysiology as well as of paleoanatomy is implied by the idea of evolution. 1991 R. Goldring Fossils in Field vi. 95 (table) Basic questions to be asked for each fossil... How did it live? (palaeophysiology). 2002 New Scientist 23 Feb. 59/2 (advt.) The palaeophysiology and palaeophytogeography of Permo-Carboniferous plants. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1880 |
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