Metabolism

• metabolism

  The organic processes (in a cell or organism) that are necessary for life.

• Krebs cycle

  In all plants and animals: a series of enzymatic reactions in mitochondria involving...

• catabolism

  Breakdown in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones together with...

Physiology

• nutrition

  (physiology) the organic process of nourishing or being nourished; the processes by which...

• autoregulation

  (physiology) processes that maintain a generally constant physiological state in...

• inhibition

  (physiology) the process whereby nerves can retard or prevent the functioning of an organ...

Biology

• development

  (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological...

• evolution

  (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species...

Miosis

• cytokinesis

  Organic process consisting of the division of the cytoplasm of a cell following karyokinesis...

• karyokinesis

  Organic process consisting of the division of the nucleus of a cell during mitosis...

Also contains

• activity

  An organic process that takes place in the body; "respiratory activity".

• cell division

  The process in reproduction and growth by which a cell divides to form daughter c...

• adaptation

  The process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions).

• metamorphosis

  The marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some ...

• agglutination

  A clumping of bacteria or red cells when held together by antibodies (agglutinins...

• extravasation

  The process of exuding or passing out of a vessel into surrounding tissues; said of...

• absorption

  The process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion.

• senescence

  The organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age.

• digestion

  The organic process by which food is converted into substances that can be absorbed into...

• nondevelopment

  Failure of normal development to occur.

• gastrulation

  The process in which a gastrula develops from a blastula by the inward migration of...

• effacement

  Shortening of the uterine cervix and thinning of its walls as it is dilated during l...

• organification

  The process of organ formation.

• erythropoiesis

  The process of producing red blood cells by the stem cells in the bone marrow.

• introversion

  The folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface; "the invagination...

• eutrophication

  Excessive nutrients in a lake or other body of water, usually caused by runoff of...

• involution

  Reduction in size of an organ or part (as in the return of the uterus to normal size...

• expression

  (genetics) the process of expressing a gene.

• keratinization

  Organic process by which keratin is deposited in cells and the cells become horny...

• crossover

  The interchange of sections between pairing homologous chromosomes during the prophase...

• implantation

  (embryology) the organic process whereby a fertilized egg becomes implanted in the...

• anovulation

  The absence of ovulation due to immaturity or post-maturity or pregnancy or oral contraceptive...

• lymphopoiesis

  The formation of lymphocytes in the bone marrow and lymph nodes and thymus and sp...

• antisepsis

  The process of inhibiting the growth and multiplication of microorganisms.

• lysogenization

  The process by which a bacterium acquires a phage that becomes integrated into its...

• defoliation

  The loss of foliage.

• maturation

  Coming to full development; becoming mature.

• deossification

  The loss of the mineral content of bone tissue.

• bacteriostasis

  Inhibition of the growth of bacteria.

• glycogenesis

  The formation in animals of glycogen from glucose.

• bloom

  The organic process of bearing flowers; "you will stop all bloom if you let the flowers go...

• hematopoiesis

  The formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow).

• heredity

  The biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the...

• humification

  The process of the formation of humus from plant remains.

• hypostasis

  The suppression of a gene by the effect of an unrelated gene.

• nitrogen fixation

  The assimilation of atmospheric nitrogen by soil bacteria and its release for...

• carbon cycle

  The organic circulation of carbon from the atmosphere into organisms and back agai...

• nitrogen cycle

  The circulation of nitrogen; nitrates from the soil are absorbed by plants which...

• eburnation

  A change that occurs in degenerative joint disease in which bone is converted into a...

• ecchymosis

  The escape of blood from ruptured blood vessels into the surrounding tissue to form a...