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physiologize

physiologize verb: to speculate in physiology; to make physiological investigations.

Verb

physiologize (third-person singular simple present physiologizes, present participle physiologizing, simple past and past participle physiologized)

  1. To speculate in physiology; to make physiological investigations.
    • But to pass from Pythagoras himself ; that Empedocles , who was a Pythagorean also , did physiologize atomically , is a thing that could hardly be doubted of1678, R[alph] Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe: The First Part; wherein All the Reason and Philosophy of Atheism is Confuted; and Its Impossibility Demonstrated, London: […]...

Forms of physiologize

third-person singular presentphysiologizes
present participlephysiologizing
past participlephysiologized
pastphysiologized

Origin of physiologize

From physiology + -ize.

Words formed from physiologize

Questions about physiologize

What does physiologize mean?
Physiologize means to speculate in physiology; to make physiological investigations.
What part of speech is physiologize?
Physiologize is a verb.
What is the past tense of physiologize?
The past tense of physiologize is physiologized.

Words near physiologize in the dictionary

  1. physiologised
  2. physiologises
  3. physiologising
  4. physiologist
  5. physiologists
  6. physiologize
  7. physiologized
  8. physiologizer
  9. physiologizers
  10. physiologizes
  11. physiologizing

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