physiological cause

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physiological
adjective
uk
/ˌfɪz.i.əˈlɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˌfɪz.i.əˈlɑː.dʒɪ.kəl/
relating to the way in which the bodies of living ...
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cause
noun
uk
/kɔːz/us
/kɑːz/
the reason why something, especially something ...
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(Definition ofphysiologicalandcausefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It seems to be insofar as death is the effect of an underlyingphysiologicalcausethat one can but does not prevent.
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If there is no knownphysiologicalcause, more general cognitive techniques may be used to treat confabulation.
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Onephysiologicalcauseof fatigue is anemia, which can be caused by chemotherapy, surgery, radiotherapy, primary and metastatic disease and/or nutritional depletion.
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Thephysiologicalcauseof altitude-induced edema is not conclusively established.
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Another, morephysiologicalcauseis looking at brightwhite snow causing eye pain.
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The physiological school of thought contends that in the case of inguinal hernia, the above-mentioned are only an anatomical symptom of the underlyingphysiologicalcause.
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More than the physiological causes, it is the acoustical nature of timbre itself 'for which no satisfactory account has yet been given'.
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All these statements were discussed with pastoralists and their physiological causes were explained.
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Neither of these projects threw much light on the psychological and physiological causes of a need for nicotine.
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There are so many little matters, physiological causes, which one ought to note.
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For example, physiological causes of tachypnea include exercise and labor during pregnancy.
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Functional constipation and chronic functional abdominal pain are other disorders of the intestine that have physiological causes, but do not have identifiable structural, chemical, or infectious pathologies.
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He recognized that the body and the soul can be healthy or sick, or balanced or imbalanced, and that mental illness can have both psychological and/or physiological causes.
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