Activity
Of organic process. May also be referred to as bodily function, bodily process and body process.
An organic process that takes place in the body; "respiratory activity".
This concept's ID is @1~67370
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- sexual activity
Activities associated with sexual intercourse; "they had sex in the back seat".
- ventilation
The bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from...
- reaction
A bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent; "a bad...
- consumption
The process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating).
- sleeping
The suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate.
- crying
The process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)...
- discharge
Any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body; "the discharge...
- healing
The natural process by which the body repairs itself.
- breath
The process of taking in and expelling air during breathing; "he took a deep breath and dived...
- control
(physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc; "the timing...
- insemination
The introduction of semen into the genital tract of a female.
- perspiration
The process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid; "perspiration...
- pinocytosis
Process by which certain cells can engulf and incorporate droplets of fluid.
- placentation
The formation of the placenta in the uterus.
- ablactation
The cessation of lactation.
- opsonization
Process whereby opsonins make an invading microorganism more susceptible to phagoc...
- psilosis
Falling out of hair.
- tanning
Process in which skin pigmentation darkens as a result of exposure to ultraviolet light.
- suppuration
(medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge...
- overactivity
Excessive activity; "overactivity of the sebaceous glands causes the skin to become...
- expectoration
The process of coughing up and spitting out.
- respiration
A single complete act of breathing in and out; "thirty respirations per minute".
- watering
Shedding tears.
- transpiration
The process of giving off or exhaling water vapor through the skin or mucous memb...
- lactation
The production and secretion of milk by the mammary glands.
- vermiculation
The process of wavelike muscle contractions of the alimentary tract that moves food...
- anastalsis
Muscular action of the alimentary tract in a direction opposite to peristalsis.
- hypostasis
The accumulation of blood in an organ.
- phagocytosis
Process in which phagocytes engulf and digest microorganisms and cellular debris; an...