|fizēə|läjə̇kəl, -jēk- adjective
or phys·i·o·log·ic -jik, -jēk
Etymology: physiological from Late Latin physiologicus physiological (from Greek physiologikos relating to natural science, from physiologia natural science + -ikos -ic) + English -al; physiologic from Late Latin physiologicus
1. : of or relating to physiology
2. : characteristic of or appropriate to an organism's healthy or normal functioning — contrasted with pathological
3. : differing in reactions or functional properties rather than in morphological features
a physiological strain of a bacterium
— see physiologic race
4. : of, relating to, associated with, or caused by disorganization of functions or of metabolism — used in plant pathology and sometimes opposed to infectious
a physiological rather than an infective disorder
a physiological destruction of tissue
• phys·i·o·log·i·cal·ly -jə̇k(ə)lē, -jēk-, -li adverb