Nouns denoting natural proesses
- ruin
- the process of becoming dilapidated
- reflation
- inflation of currency after a period of deflation; restore the system to a previous state
- extravasation
- the process of exuding or passing out of a vessel into surrounding tissues; said of blood or lymph or urine
- osteolysis
- lysis of bone caused by disease or infection or inadequate blood supply
- ulceration
- the process of ulcer formation; the process of becoming ulcerated
- lactation
- the production and secretion of milk by the mammary glands
- isogamy
- (biology) reproduction by the union or fusion of gametes of the same size and structure
- pair production
- the transformation of a gamma-ray photon into an electron and a positron when the photon passes close to an atomic nucleus
- chain reaction
- a series of chemical reactions in which the product of one is a reactant in the next
- peptisation
- the process of converting to a sol; bringing to a colloidal solution
- vulcanisation
- process of treating rubber or rubberlike materials with sulphur at great heat to improve elasticity and strength or to harden them
- gastrulation
- the process in which a gastrula develops from a blastula by the inward migration of cells
- superposition
- (geology) the deposition of one geological stratum on another
- ecchymosis
- the escape of blood from ruptured blood vessels into the surrounding tissue to form a purple or black-and-blue spot on the skin
- quellung reaction
- the swelling of the capsule surrounding a microorganism after reaction with an antibody; the basis of certain tests for identifying microorganisms
- condensation
- the process of changing from a gaseous to a liquid or solid state
- iteration
- (computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated
- soil erosion
- the washing away of soil by the flow of water
- heterometaboly
- development of insects with incomplete metamorphosis in which no pupal stage precedes maturity
- ptyalism
- excessive flow of saliva
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