How to Use physiological in a Sentence

physiological

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  • Faced with a venomous foe, our body would trigger a physiological response to the fear in front of us.
    — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 21 Jan. 2023
  • There might also be physiological changes to the shrubs moose eat.
    — Avery Lill, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Sep. 2022
  • What are some of the physiological changes that occur as a result of chronic stress?
    — Delaney Nothaft, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Is there any physiological reason that a sneeze needs to involve the vocal cords?
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Stress is a hard-wired physiological response, triggered at the first sign of danger.
    — Akilah Johnson and Dan Keating, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Oct. 2022
  • The physiological responses that make winters deadly may grow less severe the longer you’re exposed to the cold.
    — Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The results showed that many species were pushed past their physiological limits.
    — NBC News, 28 Apr. 2022
  • The first will be something called Symptom Radar, which detects early signs of physiological strain.
    — Victoria Song, The Verge, 3 Apr. 2024
  • More research is needed to prove the physiological perks.
    — Jacqueline Andriakos, Women's Health, 24 Feb. 2023
  • First, extremely hot years induce physiological stress on meerkats because meerkats need to hide from the extreme heat.
    — Karen Hopkin, Scientific American, 3 June 2022
  • Patients wear a heart rate monitor on their wrists to monitor the physiological effect of a piece of music.
    — Chris Eggertsen, Billboard, 14 Dec. 2023
  • It is caused by a fungal pathogen caused by the chytrid fungus that disrupts amphibian’s skin and physiological functions.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 Oct. 2023
  • On July 30, the Inspector General said an email was sent to 70 staffers of the prison physiological unit instructing that Epstein was to be housed with a cellmate.
    — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 27 June 2023
  • And over the past week, it’s been curious to see the disconnect between my physiological stress and emotional well-being.
    — Brandon Widder, The Verge, 16 Dec. 2023
  • The urge to nap is governed by two physiological processes.
    — Lydia Denworth, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2023
  • But the intervention also changed their physiological responses for the better, triggering the body to respond to events as a challenge rather than a threat.
    — Lydia Denworth, Scientific American, 6 July 2022
  • Examine your hunger and appetite: Hunger is your physiological need for food whereas appetite is your desire for food.
    — Good Housekeeping, 6 Jan. 2023
  • There are more benefits of jump rope workouts than just the basic physiological effects.
    — Men's Health, 2 May 2023
  • Over that period of time, with regular exposure, physiological changes that help your body better deal with the heat stress occur.
    — Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 27 July 2022
  • What may have seemed like an exciting possibility to some, at, say, 38, seems, at 40, more like a daunting set of fiscal and, for women, physiological hurdles to clear.
    — New York Times, 27 Apr. 2022
  • The side effect is not the first surprising physiological change during pregnancy that TikTokers have shared on the platform.
    — Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 29 Dec. 2022
  • The commonest cause of death for these seals is thought to be predation by sharks or killer whales while at sea, says physiological ecologist Roxanne Beltran, who works on the Año Nuevo elephant seal program.
    — Stephanie Pain, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 June 2022
  • During an argument Recognize what anger feels like in your body Fighting alters your body on a physiological level: Your heart rate picks up, and so do your breathing and blood pressure.
    — Kells McPhillips, Fortune Well, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Some recent research indicates that wet-bulb temperature is a more precise gauge of physiological stress caused by working in the heat than heat index alone.
    — Rumsey Taylor, New York Times, 18 Nov. 2022
  • There’s an indication that the physiological adaptations that allow humans to thrive in the extreme altitudes of the Tibetan Plateau took place in Denisovans and got passed on to modern humans.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 3 Oct. 2022
  • Strong, steady friendships may be an asset to your physiological health, study shows On the most malignant end of the spectrum, that sense of entitlement coupled with rejection can prove deadly.
    — Holly Thomas, CNN, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Consciousness, too, might have evolved as a kind of physiological accident, then proved captivating in a way that mattered.
    — Nick Romeo, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2023
  • This acute physiological response — that includes lowered blood pressure, shock and constriction of the airways — can be deadly.
    — Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2024
  • This week, the company is launching a study with Inception, a large U.S. fertility care provider, to study the physiological correlates of the menstrual cycle using the ring.
    — Katie Palmer, STAT, 3 June 2022
  • Compared to humans, dogs are super sniffers—and there are big physiological differences to help explain why.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Sep. 2022

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