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English noun: bodily function

1. bodily function (process) an organic process that takes place in the body


SamplesRespiratory activity.


Synonymsactivity, bodily process, body process


Broader (hypernym)biological process, organic process


Narrower (hyponym)ablactation, anastalsis, breath, breathing, consumption, control, crying, diaphoresis, discharge, emission, expectoration, expelling, external respiration, festering, healing, hidrosis, hypostasis, ingestion, insemination, intake, lachrymation, lacrimation, lactation, maturation, opsonisation, opsonization, overactivity, peristalsis, perspiration, phagocytosis, pinocytosis, placentation, psilosis, reaction, respiration, respiration, response, sex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice, sleeping, sudation, suppuration, sweating, tanning, tearing, tears, transpiration, uptake, ventilation, vermiculation, watering, weeping









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