bodily function

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bodily function - an organic process that takes place in the body; "respiratory activity"bodily process, body process, activitycontrol - (physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc; "the timing and control of his movements were unimpaired"; "he had lost control of his sphincters"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 exhalationrespiration - a single complete act of breathing in and out; "thirty respirations per minute"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"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; "they had sex in the back seat"insemination - the introduction of semen into the genital tract of a femalesleeping - the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rateresponse, reaction - a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent; "a bad reaction to the medicine"; "his responses have slowed with age"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 lactationanastalsis - muscular action of the alimentary tract in a direction opposite to peristalsisexpelling, discharge, emission - any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body; "the discharge of pus"expectoration - the process of coughing up and spitting outfestering, suppuration, maturation - (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pushealing - the natural process by which the body repairs itselfhypostasis - the accumulation of blood in an organlachrymation, lacrimation, tearing, watering - shedding tearslactation - the production and secretion of milk by the mammary glandsopsonisation, opsonization - process whereby opsonins make an invading microorganism more susceptible to phagocytosisbiological process, organic process - a process occurring in living organismsoveractivity - 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 alongdiaphoresis, hidrosis, sudation, sweating, perspiration - the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid; "perspiration is a homeostatic process"phagocytosis - process in which phagocytes engulf and digest microorganisms and cellular debris; an important defense against infectionpinocytosis - process by which certain cells can engulf and incorporate droplets of fluidplacentation - the formation of the placenta in the uteruspsilosis - falling out of hairtanning - process in which skin pigmentation darkens as a result of exposure to ultraviolet lighttranspiration - the process of giving off or exhaling water vapor through the skin or mucous membranes