English > bodily function: 1 sense > noun 1, process| Meaning | An organic process that takes place in the body. |
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| Synonyms | bodily process, body process, activity |
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| Narrower | ablactation | The cessation of lactation |
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| anastalsis | muscular action of the alimentary tract in a direction opposite to peristalsis |
| breath | The process of taking in and expelling air during breathing |
| breathing, external respiration, respiration, ventilation | The bodily process of inhalation and exhalation |
| consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake | The process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating) |
| control | (physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc |
| crying, weeping, tears | The process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds) |
| discharge, emission, expelling | Any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body |
| expectoration | The process of coughing up and spitting out |
| festering, suppuration, maturation | (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus |
| healing | The natural process by which the body repairs itself |
| hypostasis | The accumulation of blood in an organ |
| insemination | The introduction of semen into the genital tract of a female |
| lacrimation, lachrymation, tearing, watering | shedding tears |
| lactation | The production and secretion of milk by the mammary glands |
| opsonization, opsonisation | Process whereby opsonins make an invading microorganism more susceptible to phagocytosis |
| overactivity | excessive activity |
| peristalsis, vermiculation | The process of wavelike muscle contractions of the alimentary tract that moves food along |
| perspiration, sweating, diaphoresis, sudation, hidrosis | The process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid |
| phagocytosis | Process in which phagocytes engulf and digest microorganisms and cellular debris |
| pinocytosis | Process by which certain cells can engulf and incorporate droplets of fluid |
| placentation | The formation of the placenta in the uterus |
| psilosis | Falling out of hair |
| reaction, response | A bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent |
| respiration | A single complete act of breathing ... / breathing in and out |
| sexual activity, sexual practice, sex, sex activity | Activities associated with sexual intercourse |
| sleeping | The suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate |
| tanning | process in which skin pigmentation darkens as a result of exposure to ultraviolet light |
| transpiration | The process of giving off or exhaling water vapor through the skin or mucous membranes |
| Broader | organic process, biological process | A process occurring in living organisms |
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| Spanish | función corporal, proceso corporal |
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| Catalan | funció corporal, procés corporal |
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