Meanings
adverbphysiologically (not comparable)
- not comparableIn accordance with the science of physiology.
The third, and most grievous of all the wrongthinks, is suggesting that men and women are, in general, physiologically and psychologically different from each other, and thus they tend to excel at different things.
2017 August 8, Ben Domenech, “Could This Man Work At Google?”, in The Federalist - not comparableIn a manner pertaining to an organism's physiology.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰuH-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰuHyéti
- Ancient Greekφῠ́ω (phŭ́ō)
- Ancient Greekφῠ́σῐς (phŭ́sĭs)
- Englishphysio-
- Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
- Proto-Hellenic*lógos
- Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Latinphysiologicus
- Englishphysiological
- Englishphysiologically
From physiological + -ly.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan fisiològicament
- fisiològicamentin accordance with the science of physiology
Finnish fysiologisesti
- fysiologisestiin accordance with the science of physiology
French physiologiquement
- physiologiquementin accordance with the science of physiology
Italian fisiologicamente
- fisiologicamentein accordance with the science of physiology
Portuguese fisiologicamente
- fisiologicamentein accordance with the science of physiology
Spanish fisiológicamente
- fisiológicamentein accordance with the science of physiology
Cite this entry
APA
physiologically. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/physiologically
MLA
“physiologically.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/physiologically. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “physiologically,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/physiologically.
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