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Definition of comparative physiology

comparative physiology
Comparative Com*par"a*tive, a. [L. comparativus: cf. F. comparatif.] 1. Of or pertaining to comparison. ``The comparative faculty.' --Glanvill. 2. Proceeding from, or by the method of, comparison; as, the comparative sciences; the comparative anatomy. 3. Estimated by comparison; relative; not positive or absolute, as compared with another thing or state. The recurrence of comparative warmth and cold. --Whewell. The bubble, by reason of its comparative levity to the fluid that incloses it, would necessarily ascend to the top. --Bentley. 4. (Gram.) Expressing a degree greater or less than the positive degree of the quality denoted by an adjective or adverb. The comparative degree is formed from the positive by the use of -er, more, or less; as, brighter, more bright, or less bright. Comparative sciences, those which are based on a comprehensive comparison of the range of objects or facts in any branch or department, and which aim to study out and treat of the fundamental laws or systems of relation pervading them; as, comparative anatomy, comparative physiology, comparative philology.

Meaning of comparative physiology from wikipedia

- divided into medical physiology, animal physiology, plant physiology, cell physiology, and comparative physiology. Central to physiological functioning are...
- Comparative physiology is a subdiscipline of physiology that studies and exploits the diversity of functional characteristics of various kinds of organisms...
- anatomy, classical physiology, endocrinology, biochemistry, and molecular evolution. The field is closely related to comparative physiology, ecophysiology...
- Journal of Comparative Physiology was a journal that split into Journal of Comparative Physiology A and Journal of Comparative Physiology B in 1984. It...
- The journal was originally established as Journal of Cellular and Comparative Physiology in 1932 and was renamed to its current title in 1966. The editor-in-chief...
- The Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology is a bi-monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering...
- (1999). "Motion and vision: Why animals move their eyes". Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 185 (4): 341–52. doi:10.1007/s003590050393. PMID 10555268. S2CID 18278126...
- known for his research involving primates. He was professor of comparative physiology at Utrecht University from 1980 to 2001. Van Hooff was born in Arnhem...
- Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal of comparative physiology...
- Liver Physiology AJP-Heart and Circulatory Physiology AJP-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology AJP-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology AJP-Renal...