Vi fant 2 definisjoner av bodily process på engelsk.
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| bodily process - an organic process that takes place in the body; "respiratory activity" | ||
| body process, bodily function, activity | ||
| biological process, organic process a process occurring in living organisms | ||
| control the activity of managing or exerting control over something; "the control of the mob by the police was admirable" | ||
| 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 the metabolic processes whereby certain organisms obtain energy from organic molecules; processes that take place in the cells and tissues during which energy is released and carbon dioxide is produced and absorbed by the blood to be transported to the lungs | ||
| breath the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing; "he took a deep breath and dived into the pool"; "he was fighting to his last breath" | ||
| ingestion, uptake, intake, consumption a process of taking up or using up or consuming; "they developed paper napkins with a greater uptake of liquids" | ||
| sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice, sex activities associated with sexual intercourse; "they had sex in the back seat" | ||
| insemination the introduction of semen into the genital tract of a female | ||
| sleeping the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate | ||
| reaction, response doing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don't like; "his style of painting was a reaction against cubism" | ||
| crying, tears, weeping the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds); "I hate to hear the crying of a child"; "she was in tears" | ||
| ablactation the cessation of lactation | ||
| anastalsis muscular action of the alimentary tract in a direction opposite to peristalsis | ||
| expelling, emission, discharge the act of emitting; causing to flow forth | ||
| 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 (metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality | ||
| 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; "overactivity of the sebaceous glands causes the skin to become oily" | ||
| peristalsis, vermiculation the process of wavelike muscle contractions of the alimentary tract that moves food along | ||
| diaphoresis, hidrosis, sudation, sweating, perspiration salty fluid secreted by sweat glands; "sweat poured off his brow" | ||
| 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 arrangement of the ovules in the placenta and of the placentas in the ovary | ||
| psilosis falling out of hair | ||
| tanning making leather from rawhide | ||