physiologicallyadv.
/ˌfɪzɪəˈlɒdʒᵻkli/, U.S. /ˌfɪziəˈlɑdʒək(ə)li/ From a physiological point of view; according to the principles of physiology; in a physiological manner.
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1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God vi. viii. 248 But these things (say they) are all to be interpreted naturally & Phisiologically [L. habent ista pysiologicas..interpretationes]..as though we..sought nature and set God aside.
1675 E. Sherburne in tr. M. Manilius Sphere App. 85 Seven Books Astrologicorum, in which Astrology, separated from Jewish and Arabian Superstitions, is Physiologically handled.
1705 J. Beaumont Hist. Treat. Spirits Ded. I treat of this subject Historically, Physiologically, and Theologically.
1775 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 65 395 This animal may be considered, both anatomically and physiologically, as divided into two parts.
1871 H. B. Stowe My Wife & I xi. 114 Sometimes cousins inheriting each from different races, are physiologically as much of diverse blood as if their parents had not been related.
1874 Contemp. Rev. Oct. 697 The child..was physiologically a wreck,—damaged irretrievably in body and mind.
1952 Ann. Bot. 16 165 (title) The effect of various physiologically active substances on the development of Marsilea in sterile culture.
1989 Jrnl. Psychophysiol. 3 98/1 Is it possible to distinguish between acute and chronic stress physiologically?
2003 Observer 5 Jan. (Review section) 2/5 There is evidence that some people are physiologically bound to become fat.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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