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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of or relating to physiology.
  • adjective Being in accord with or characteristic of the normal functioning of a living organism.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of a physiologic character.
  • Originating in normal physical conditions, as opposed to pathological.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to physiology; relating to the science of the functions of living organism.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Of, or relating to physiology.
  • adjective Relating to the action of a drug when given to a healthy person, as distinguished from its therapeutic action.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective of or relating to the biological study of physiology
  • adjective of or consistent with an organism's normal functioning

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