Nouns denoting natural proesses

telophase
the final stage of mitosis
 
haematochezia
passage of stools containing blood (as from diverticulosis or colon cancer or peptic ulcer)
 
conglutination
healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones
 
rigor mortis
muscular stiffening that begins 2 to 4 hours after death and lasts for about 4 days
 
metaphase
the second stage of meiosis
 
meiosis
(genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms; the nucleus divides into four nuclei each containing half the chromosome number (leading to gametes in animals and spores in plants)
 
intrusion
the forcing of molten rock into fissures or between strata of an earlier rock formation
 
transduction
(genetics) the process of transfering genetic material from one cell to another by a plasmid or bacteriophage
 
loss
gradual decline in amount or activity
 
apogamy
(botany) development of an embryo without fertilization; especially the development in some ferns of a sporophyte from the gametophyte without fertilization
 
aphesis
the gradual disappearance of an initial (usually unstressed) vowel or syllable as in `squire' for `esquire'
 
double replacement reaction
a chemical reaction between two compounds where the positive ion of one compound is exchanged with the positive ion of another compound
 
idealization
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad
 
ulceration
the process of ulcer formation; the process of becoming ulcerated
 
electrostatic precipitation
a process that removes suspended dust particles from a gas by applying a high voltage electrostatic charge to the particles and collecting them on charged plates
 
anovulation
the absence of ovulation due to immaturity or post-maturity or pregnancy or oral contraceptive pills or dysfunction of the ovary
 
detrition
erosion by friction
 
heterospory
the development of both microspores and megaspores
 
Solvay process
an industrial process for producing sodium carbonate from sodium chloride and ammonia and carbon dioxide
 
smoking
a hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion
 
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