adj
Meaning 1
Of, or relating to physiology.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
physiological
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˌfɪz.i.əˈlɒd͡ʒ.i.kəl/
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General-American, dialectal: /ˌfɪz.i.əˈlɑ.d͡ʒɪ.kəl/ of Canada
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Canada, dialectal: /ˌfɪz.i.əˈlɒd͡ʒ.i.kəl/ of the US
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Australian: /ˌfɪz.i.əˈlɔd͡ʒ.i.kəl/
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New-Zealand: /ˌfəz.i.əˈlɒd͡ʒ.i.kəl/
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New-Zealand: [ˌfəz.i.əˈlɔ̟d͡ʒ.i.kəl]
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adj
Meaning 2
Relating to the action of a drug when given to a healthy person, as distinguished from its therapeutic action.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 3
of or relating to the biological study of physiology
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- physiological psychology
- Pavlov's physiological theories
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
of or consistent with an organism's normal functioning
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- physiologic functions
- physiological processes
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: physiologic
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bhuH- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bhuHyéti Ancient Greek φῠ́ω (phŭ́ō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek φῠ́σῐς (phŭ́sĭs) English physio- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English -logical Latin physiologicus English -al English physiological Either from physio- + -logical (equivalent to physiology + -ical) or Latin physiologicus + -al.
Across languages
Translations
36 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: fisiologies — of, or relating to physiology
- Arabic: فَسْلَجِي (faslajī) — of, or relating to physiology
- Arabic: فِسْيُولُوجِي (fisyūlūjī) — of, or relating to physiology
- Armenian: ֆիզիոլոգիական (fiziologiakan) — of, or relating to physiology
- Asturian: fisiolóxicu — of, or relating to physiology
- Belarusian: фізіялагі́чны (fizijalahíčny) — of, or relating to physiology
- Catalan: fisiològic — of, or relating to physiology
- Czech: fyziologický — of, or relating to physiology
- Danish: fysiologisk — of, or relating to physiology
- Dutch: fysiologisch — of, or relating to physiology
- Finnish: fysiologinen — of, or relating to physiology
- French: physiologique — of, or relating to physiology
- Galician: fisiolóxico — of, or relating to physiology
- German: physiologisch — of, or relating to physiology
- Greek: φυσιολογικός (fysiologikós) — of, or relating to physiology
- Gujarati: દેહધાર્મિક (dehdhārmik) — of, or relating to physiology
- Hungarian: fiziológiai — of, or relating to physiology
- Hungarian: élettani — of, or relating to physiology
- Indonesian: fisiologis — of, or relating to physiology
- Italian: fisiologico — of, or relating to physiology
- Kazakh: физиологиялық (fiziologiälyq) — of, or relating to physiology
- Northern Kurdish: fîzyolojîk — of, or relating to physiology
- Latvian: fizioloģisks — of, or relating to physiology
- Norwegian Bokmål: fysiologisk — of, or relating to physiology
- Norwegian Nynorsk: fysiologisk — of, or relating to physiology
- Occitan: fisiologic — of, or relating to physiology
- Polish: fizjologiczny — of, or relating to physiology
- Portuguese: fisiológico — of, or relating to physiology
- Romanian: fiziologic — of, or relating to physiology
- Russian: физиологи́ческий (fiziologíčeskij) — of, or relating to physiology
- Spanish: fisiológico — of, or relating to physiology
- Swedish: fysiologisk — of, or relating to physiology
- Tagalog: liksananin — of, or relating to physiology
- Ukrainian: фізіологі́чний (fiziolohíčnyj) — of, or relating to physiology
- Dutch: fysiologisch — relating to the action of a drug when given to a healthy person
- Indonesian: fisiologis — relating to the action of a drug when given to a healthy person
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