Associations to the word «Physis»

Wiktionary

PHYSIS, noun. (Ancient Greek philosophy and theology) nature, as contrasted with law or custom
PHYSIS, noun. (anatomy) The epiphyseal plate, a hyaline cartilage plate in the metaphysis at each end of a long bone, found in children and adolescents.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky