physiological
/ˌfɪz.i.əˈlɒd͡ʒ.i.kəl/US/ˌfɪz.i.əˈlɑ.d͡ʒɪ.kəl/
physiological adjective: of, or relating to physiology.
Adjective
physiological (comparative more physiological, superlative most physiological)
- Of, or relating to physiology.
- When the institute was moved to Tübingen in 1945 because of air raids on Berlin, he also assumed the post of professor of physiological chemistry at the University of Tübingen and, when the institute was moved once again in 1956 to Münich, he also was named professor of physiological chemistry at...2014, David Newton, chapter 4, in Steroids and Doping in Sports: A Reference Handbook, Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, LLC, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 169
- Relating to the action of a drug when given to a healthy person, as distinguished from its therapeutic action.
physiological meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Gujarati
physiological in Tamil
- உடற்றொழிலுக்குரிய, உயிர் வினையியல், வாழ்வியல், உடலியக்கத்தின், உடலியக்கவியலிய, உடலியங்களின்
physiological in Urdu
- عضویاتی
physiological in Malayalam
- ശരീരശാസ്ത്രപരമായ
physiological in Gujarati
- of, or relating to physiology
- દેહધાર્મિક dehdhārmik
More languagesFewer languages
- physiological in Tagalog
- liksananin
- physiological in Arabic
- فَسْلَجِي faslajī, فِسْيُولُوجِي fisyūlūjī
- physiological in Indonesian
- fisiologis
Examples of physiological in a sentence
- Frequently, poikilohydry is coupled with the capacity to tolerate dehydration or low water content of cell tissue and to recover from it without physiological damage.
- In chronobiology, a circasemidian rhythm is a physiological arousal cycle that peaks twice in a 24-hour day.
- Cephalic phase responses (CPRs) are conditioned anticipatory physiological responses to food cues.
Synonyms of physiological
Forms of physiological
| comparative | more physiological |
|---|---|
| superlative | most physiological |
Origin of physiological
Either from physio- + -logical (equivalent to physiology + -ical) or Latin physiologicus + -al.
Words formed from physiological
- anatomophysiological
- aphysiological
- biophysiological
- cardiophysiological
- chemicophysiological
- chronophysiological
- climatophysiological
- cryophysiological
- cytophysiological
- ecophysiological
- electrophysiological
- extraphysiological
- geophysiological
- hyperphysiological
- hypophysiological
- immunophysiological
- macrophysiological
- metaphysiological
- microphysiological
- mitophysiological
- morphophysiological
- neurophysiological
- neuropsychophysiological
- nonphysiological
- normophysiological
- optophysiological
- osmophysiological
- palaeophysiological
- paleophysiological
- paraphysiological
- pathophysiological
- pharmacophysiological
- photophysiological
- physicophysiological
- physiological density
- physiologically
- physiological time
- phytophysiological
- psychophysiological
- subphysiological
- superphysiological
- supraphysiological
- thermophysiological
- unphysiological
- zoophysiological
Phrases with physiological
Questions about physiological
- What does physiological mean?
- Physiological means of, or relating to physiology.
- What is physiological in Tamil?
- Physiological in Tamil is உடற்றொழிலுக்குரிய, உயிர் வினையியல், வாழ்வியல். See Physiological meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is physiological?
- Physiological is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce physiological?
- Physiological is pronounced /ˌfɪz.i.əˈlɒd͡ʒ.i.kəl/ (UK).
Words near physiological in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: physiological (page history and authors); physiological (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); physiological (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); physiological (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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