urine culture and sensitivity (C&S), a microscopic study of the urine culture performed to determine the presence of pathogenic bacteria in patients with suspected urinary tract infection.rine culture and sensitivity (C&S), a microscopic study of the urine culture performed to determine the presence of pathogenic bacteria in patients with suspected urinary tract infection.
physiology. 1  the branch of biology dealing with the functions and activities of living organisms and their parts, including all physical and chemical processes. 2  the organic processes or functions in an organism or in any of its parts.
Oil painting depicting Claude Bernard, the father of modern physiology, with his pupils. Physiology (/ËfÉªziËÉlÉdÊi/; from Ancient Greek ÏÏÏÎ¹Ï (physis), meaning 'nature, origin', and -Î»Î¿Î³Î¯Î± (-logia), meaning 'study of') is a scientific study of normal mechanisms, and their interactions, which operate within a living system.