unphysiologicaladj.
/(ˌ)ʌnfɪzɪəˈlɒdʒᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌənˌfɪziəˈlɑdʒək(ə)l/ Not physiologically normal. Also: not in accordance with physiological principles.
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unphysiological1775
1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Unphysiological, not physiological.
1800 T. Churchill tr. J. G. Herder Outl. Philos. Hist. Man iv. 117 To imagine..the nervous fluid self-sentient, is a weak, unphysiological [Ger. unphysiologische] notion.
1898 P. Manson Trop. Dis. xii. 202 Impaired by disease, or by trying unphysiological conditions.
1968 Brain 91 289 Cells swell when they are damaged or come in contact with unphysiological fluids.
2008 Plant Physiol. 147 271/2 Low sugar levels..would not be surprising under the unphysiological conditions of an agar plate.
Derivatives
ˌunphysioˈlogically adv.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > [adverb] > types of processes
unphysiologically1808
selectively1897
1808 London Med. Rev. Jan. 106 The contraction..is stated to take place in the muscular organs of animals, unphysiologically denominated dead.
1865 Water-cure Jrnl. June 159/1 People live unphysiologically, eat gross food, drink bad water, breathe foul air.
1948 Endocrinology 43 118 The amount of food consumed..was unphysiologically large in most instances.
2010 New Phytologist 187 167/2 An unphysiologically high total solute concentration in the xylem.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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