Home›Medical Scientists, Physiologists and Pharmacologists›All Medical Scientists, Physiologists and PharmacologistsBrowse ByAll Medical Scientists, Physiologists and PharmacologistsReference and ClassificationVerifiedScientists who study how the body functions or how a drug acts on it, following ISCO-08 Minor Group 213, Life Science Professionals, in its branch covering physiology, biochemistry and pharmacology as applied to medicine. Belongs here: a physiologist, biochemist, pharmaceutical chemist or pharmacologist, an endocrinologist studying hormonal function, and a physician also noted in one of these basic science roles. Does not belong here: a physician whose SubLabel names a clinical specialty such as surgery or psychiatry as the primary role, grouped under that heading instead.FactsAll Medical Scientists, Physiologists and PharmacologistsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonTradition or RegionWell-attestedAncient Greece 1All Medical Scientists, Physiologists and PharmacologistsFilter Results282 entriesHealing TraditionAllCellular and Disease Pathologists (1)Clinical Physician-Scientists of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (7)Hormone, Vitamin and Drug Discoverers (17)Imaging, Radiation and Monitoring Instrument Inventors (14)Military, Public Health and Reform Surgeons (1)Molecular Biologists and Geneticists (20)Physicians of Antiquity, the Medieval World and the Renaissance (1)Physiologists, Anatomists and Natural Historians of Medicine (194)Reproductive Technology Inventors (2)Specialist InAllAnatomy (47)Cardiology (2)Dermatology (1)Endocrinology (6)Forensic Pathology 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Physiology (Wikipedia)Wikipedialead paragraph, etymologyQuote, lead paragraph, etymologyPhysiology (; from Ancient Greek φύσις (phúsis) 'nature, origin' and -λογία (-logía) 'study of') is the scientific study of functions and mechanisms in a living system.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.