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PHYSIOLOGY
Definition of PHYSIOLOGY
noun
A branch of biology that deals with the functions and activities of life or of living matter (as organs, tissues, or cells) and of the physical and chemical phenomena involved.
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Where it comes from
From French physiologie, from Latin physiologia, from Ancient Greek φυσιολογία (phusiología, “natural philosophy”), from φύσις (phúsis, “nature”) + λόγος (lógos, “word”). Equivalent to physio- + -logy.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PHYSIOLOGY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 41 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHYSIOLOGY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read GHILOOPSYY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. Y and O appear more than once.
Words that start PHYSIO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PHYSIOLOGY?
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