bodily process

1. An organic process that takes place in the body (synset 113461236)
   "respiratory activity"
   is a type of: biological process, organic process - a process occurring in living organisms
   subtypes:

   • control - (physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc
   • breathing, external respiration, respiration, ventilation - the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation
   • respiration - a single complete act of breathing in and out
   • breath - the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
   • consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake - the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
   • sex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice - activities associated with sexual intercourse
   • insemination - the introduction of semen into the genital tract of a female
   • sleeping - the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate
   • reaction, response - a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent
   • crying, tears, weeping - the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
   • ablactation - the cessation of lactation
   • anastalsis - muscular action of the alimentary tract in a direction opposite to peristalsis
   • 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, maturation, suppuration - (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
   • lachrymation, lacrimation, tearing, watering - shedding tears
   • lactation - the production and secretion of milk by the mammary glands
   • opsonisation, opsonization - 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
   • diaphoresis, hidrosis, perspiration, sudation, sweating - 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; an important defense against infection
   • 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
   • 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
   same as: activity, bodily function, body process

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