Home›Medical Scientists, Physiologists and Pharmacologists›Principal DiscoveryBrowse ByPrincipal DiscoveryFactsPrincipal DiscoverySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonTradition or RegionWell-attestedAncient Greece 1Principal DiscoveryFilter Results19 entriesHealing TraditionAllHormone, Vitamin and Drug Discoverers (6)Imaging, Radiation and Monitoring Instrument Inventors (5)Molecular Biologists and Geneticists (4)Physiologists, Anatomists and Natural Historians of Medicine (3)Profession/RoleAllHormone, Vitamin and Drug Discoverers (6)Imaging, Radiation and Monitoring Instrument Inventors (5)Molecular Biologists and Geneticists (4)Physiologists, Anatomists and Natural Historians of Medicine (3)Specialist InAllCardiology (1)Endocrinology (2)Internal Medicine (1)Medical Genetics (1)NationalityAllArgentina (1)Canada (2)France (1)Japan (1)Netherlands (2)New Zealand (1)Poland (1)Sweden (1)United Kingdom (6)United States (8)Era (Birth Year)All1850 (1)1857 (1)1858 (1)1860 (2)1861 (1)1866 (2)1868 (1)1877 (1)1886 (2)1888 (1)1891 (1)1896 (1)1899 (1)1906 (2)1909 (1)1911 (1)1916 (1)1919 (1)1920 (1)1921 (1)1924 (1)1926 (1)1927 (1)1936 (1)Discovery YearAll1902 (3)1903 (1)1912 (1)1914 (1)1921 (1)1928 (1)1943 (1)1944 (1)1949 (1)1952 (1)1953 (1)1958 (1)1960 (1)1961 (1)1969 (1)1971 (1)1972 (1)Dispute StatusAllPriority Disputed (2)Nobel YearAll1923 (1)1924 (1)1929 (1)1977 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareComputed TomographyPrincipal Discovery2 entriesDevelopment of Cardiopulmonary ResuscitationPrincipal Discovery1 entryDevelopment of Cloning by Nuclear TransferPrincipal Discovery1 entryDevelopment of Pulse OximetryPrincipal Discovery1 entryDevelopment of Safe Blood TransfusionPrincipal Discovery1 entryDevelopment of the Cardiac PacemakerPrincipal Discovery1 entryDiscovery of AnaphylaxisPrincipal Discovery2 entriesDiscovery of CortisonePrincipal Discovery2 entriesDiscovery of DNA as the Hereditary MaterialPrincipal Discovery3 entriesDiscovery of HormonesPrincipal Discovery2 entriesDiscovery of Inborn Errors of MetabolismPrincipal Discovery1 entryDiscovery of StreptomycinPrincipal Discovery1 entryDiscovery of the Genetic CodePrincipal Discovery1 entryDiscovery of Thyrotropin-Releasing HormonePrincipal Discovery1 entryDiscovery of Vitamins and Deficiency DiseasesPrincipal Discovery2 entriesInvention of the ElectrocardiographPrincipal Discovery1 entryIsolation of InsulinPrincipal Discovery2 entriesPenicillinPrincipal Discovery1 entryStructure of DNAPrincipal Discovery3 entriesSources1. 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.