physiological state

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physiological state - the condition or state of the body or bodily functionsphysical condition, physiological conditionwakefulness - a periodic state during which you are conscious and aware of the world; "consciousness during wakefulness in a sane person is pretty well ordered and familiar"condition, status - a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"bloodiness - the state of being bloodyincompatibility - (immunology) the degree to which the body's immune system will try to reject foreign material (as transfused blood or transplanted tissue)acathexia - an inability to retain bodily secretionsangiotelectasia - dilation and enlargement of arteriolestorpidity, torpor - a state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility; "he fell into a deep torpor"agalactia, agalactosis - a condition in which milk is not secreted in the mother's breasts after her child has been deliveredanaesthesia, anesthesia - loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousnessanhidrosis, anhydrosis - failure of the sweat glandsarousal - a state of heightened physiological activitysleep, slumber - a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended; "he didn't get enough sleep last night"; "calm as a child in dreamless slumber"sopor, sleep - a torpid state resembling deep sleepdrive - a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desireelastosis - breakdown of elastic tissue (as the loss of elasticity in the skin of elderly people that results from degeneration of connective tissue)flatulence, flatulency, gas - a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canalflection, flexion, flexure - the state of being flexed (as of a joint)estrus, oestrus, rut, heat - applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activityanestrum, anestrus, anoestrum, anoestrus - applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of estrushypercapnia, hypercarbia - the physical condition of having the presence of an abnormally high level of carbon dioxide in the circulating bloodacapnia, hypocapnia - a state in which the level of carbon dioxide in the blood is lower than normal; can result from deep or rapid breathingasphyxia - a condition in which insufficient or no oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged on a ventilatory basis; caused by choking or drowning or electric shock or poison gasoxygen debt - a cumulative deficit of oxygen resulting from intense exercise; the deficit must be made up when the body returns to resthyperthermia, hyperthermy - abnormally high body temperature; sometimes induced (as in treating some forms of cancer)normothermia - normal body temperaturehypothermia - subnormal body temperaturemuscularity - the physiological state of having or consisting of musclemyasthenia - any muscular weaknessinfertility, sterility - the state of being unable to produce offspring; in a woman it is an inability to conceive; in a man it is an inability to impregnatefalse pregnancy, pseudocyesis - physiological state in which a woman exhibits symptoms of pregnancy but is not pregnantmaternity, pregnancy, gestation - the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterusrigor mortis - temporary stiffness of joints and muscular rigidity occurring after deathvitalisation, vitalization - the state of being vitalized and filled with lifegood health, healthiness - the state of being vigorous and free from bodily or mental diseasefecundity, fertility - the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspringpotence, potency - the state of being potent; a male's capacity to have sexual intercoursepathological state - a physical condition that is caused by diseasedisorder, upset - a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning; "the doctor prescribed some medicine for the disorder"; "everyone gets stomach upsets from time to time"cellularity - the state of having cellsaddiction, dependance, habituation, dependence, dependency - being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)suspended animation - a temporary cessation of vital functions with loss of consciousness resembling death; usually resulting from asphyxiacryptobiosis - a state in which an animal's metabolic activities come to a reversible standstill

physiological state

physiological state

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noun the condition or state of the body or bodily functions

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