bodily process
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1. an organic process that takes place in the body (noun.process)
| hyponym | : | control, |
| definition | : | (physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | respiration, |
| definition | : | a single complete act of breathing in and out (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | breath, |
| definition | : | the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | insemination, |
| definition | : | the introduction of semen into the genital tract of a female (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | sleeping, |
| definition | : | the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | reaction, response, |
| definition | : | a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | crying, tears, weeping, |
| definition | : | the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds) (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | ablactation, |
| definition | : | the cessation of lactation (noun.process) |
| hyponym | : | anastalsis, |
| definition | : | muscular action of the alimentary tract in a direction opposite to peristalsis (noun.process) |
| hyponym | : | discharge, emission, expelling, |
| definition | : | any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body (noun.process) |
| hyponym | : | expectoration, |
| definition | : | the process of coughing up and spitting out (noun.process) |
| hyponym | : | festering, maturation, suppuration, |
| definition | : | (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus (noun.process) |
| hyponym | : | healing, |
| definition | : | the natural process by which the body repairs itself (noun.process) |
| hyponym | : | hypostasis, |
| definition | : | the accumulation of blood in an organ (noun.process) |
| hyponym | : | lactation, |
| definition | : | the production and secretion of milk by the mammary glands (noun.process) |
| hyponym | : | opsonisation, opsonization, |
| definition | : | process whereby opsonins make an invading microorganism more susceptible to phagocytosis (noun.process) |
| hyponym | : | overactivity, |
| definition | : | excessive activity (noun.process) |
| hyponym | : | peristalsis, vermiculation, |
| definition | : | the process of wavelike muscle contractions of the alimentary tract that moves food along (noun.process) |
| hyponym | : | phagocytosis, |
| definition | : | process in which phagocytes engulf and digest microorganisms and cellular debris; an important defense against infection (noun.process) |
| hyponym | : | pinocytosis, |
| definition | : | process by which certain cells can engulf and incorporate droplets of fluid (noun.process) |
| hyponym | : | placentation, |
| definition | : | the formation of the placenta in the uterus (noun.process) |
| hyponym | : | psilosis, |
| definition | : | falling out of hair (noun.process) |
| hyponym | : | tanning, |
| definition | : | process in which skin pigmentation darkens as a result of exposure to ultraviolet light (noun.process) |
| hyponym | : | transpiration, |
| definition | : | the process of giving off or exhaling water vapor through the skin or mucous membranes (noun.process) |
| derivation | : | active, |
| definition | : | tending to become more severe or wider in scope (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | active, |
| definition | : | tending to become more severe or wider in scope (adj.all) |
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