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nonphysiological

nonphysiological

1 9.1
Happening for reasons outside the body's normal processes
  • adjective
  • /nɒnˌfɪziəˈlɒdʒɪkəl/
  • Specialized
: no fisiológico
  • The doctor explained that the patient's symptoms were nonphysiological and not caused by any physical condition.

Examples

  • Our study had similarly successful outcomes despite the nonphysiological levator arrangement (5).

    Academic text (2015)

  • The team focused on nonphysiological elements, such as stress and environment, in their analysis of health outcomes.

  • Researchers found that the nonphysiological factors greatly influenced the results of the experiment.

Antonyms

physiological
  • Specialized
46 5.3

How a living body's parts normally work

Surface Forms

nonphysiological positive

Morphology

nonphysiological = physiological (transparent) = non + physiology + al

The meaning is a straightforward negation formed by the productive prefix 'non-' attached to the adjective 'physiological', so the overall meaning is directly recoverable.

Etymology

The word nonphysiological breaks into non- meaning 'not' and physiological, from physio- meaning 'body' or 'natural body function', the same root in physical and physician. So nonphysiological means 'not caused by the body's normal functions', which is why doctors use it when they find no physical disease.