physiological
/ˌfɪz.i.əˈlɑ.d͡ʒɪ.kəl/ adjective C2- Of, or relating to physiology.
- Relating to the action of a drug when given to a healthy person, as distinguished from its therapeutic action.
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The tiger, whose nature teaches him to delight in shedding blood, needs but the sense of smell to show him when his prey is within his reach, and by following this instinct he is enabled to measure the leap necessary to permit him to spring on his victim; but man, on the contrary, loathes the idea of blood—it is not alone that the laws of social life inspire him with a shrinking dread of taking life; his natural construction and physiological formation——”
Elephants, for instance, are highly cognitive animals that traverse vast distances in the wild, rendering any urban enclosure patently inadequate for their physiological and psychological necessities.
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