Scientists 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.
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1. Physiology (Wikipedia)
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Physiology (; from Ancient Greek φύσις (phúsis) 'nature, origin' and -λογία (-logía) 'study of') is the scientific study of functions and mechanisms in a living system.
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