physiological

adj
/ˌfɪz.i.əˈlɒd͡ʒ.i.kəl/UK/ˌfɪz.i.əˈlɑ.d͡ʒɪ.kəl/US/ˌfɪz.i.əˈlɒd͡ʒ.i.kəl/CA/ˌfɪz.i.əˈlɔd͡ʒ.i.kəl/

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 ▲ Middle English -al English -al English physiological Either from physio- + -logical (equivalent to physiology + -ical) or Latin physiologicus + -al.

  1. derived from physiologicus + -al
  2. derived from -ālisbor
  3. derived from -albor
  4. derived from -iquebor
  5. derived from -logiebor
  6. derived from -logialbor

Definitions

  1. Of, or relating to physiology.

  2. Relating to the action of a drug when given to a healthy person, as distinguished from…

    Relating to the action of a drug when given to a healthy person, as distinguished from its therapeutic action.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at physiological. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at physiological. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at physiological

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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