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or physiologic
as in physical
of or relating to the functioning of living bodies or their parts
People often have a physiological response to fear, such as sweating or shaking.
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Recent Examples of physiological
That same fatigue often keeps you from working out, and on a physiological level, sleep deprivation slows your metabolism.
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Fred Sassani, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Recurring nightmares activate these stress systems, jolting people awake, triggering physiological arousal (racing heart, rapid breathing, cortisol spikes), severely fragmenting restorative sleep, and potentially wearing the stress systems out.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025
So while many people may feel anxious on Mondays, only those with already high physiological stress seem to carry that anxiety into their biology, in the form of elevated long-term cortisol.
—New Atlas, 13 July 2025
Discomfort also contributes to physiological learning.
—Esmt Berlin, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
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Fred Sassani, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Recurring nightmares activate these stress systems, jolting people awake, triggering physiological arousal (racing heart, rapid breathing, cortisol spikes), severely fragmenting restorative sleep, and potentially wearing the stress systems out.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025
So while many people may feel anxious on Mondays, only those with already high physiological stress seem to carry that anxiety into their biology, in the form of elevated long-term cortisol.
—New Atlas, 13 July 2025
Discomfort also contributes to physiological learning.
—Esmt Berlin, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for physiological
Adjective
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But he’s been airing these issues in public all year, to the point where rumors ran rampant about his mental and physical stability.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
2 Aug. 2025
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In fact, his fade gave off the air of a mental rather than a physical difficulty, reminiscent of last year, when his trainer Pletcher’s pulling him from the 2024 Triple Crown series after his 15th place showing in the Kentucky Derby.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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Both had prominent, sail-like structures on their backs, and both had the anatomical hallmarks of a bizarre group of reptiles called drepanosaurs.—
Riley Black,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 July 2025
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Stephen Colbert had a succinct message to President Trump, one that involved an anatomical impossibility.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
22 July 2025
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“Physiological.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/physiological. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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