Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
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Noun
S: (n) transcription, written text (something written, especially copied from one medium to another, as a typewritten version of dictation)
S: (n) transcription ((genetics) the organic process whereby the DNA sequence in a gene is copied into mRNA; the process whereby a base sequence of messenger RNA is synthesized on a template of complementary DNA)
S: (n) digestion (the organic process by which food is converted into substances that can be absorbed into the body)
S: (n) eburnation (a change that occurs in degenerative joint disease in which bone is converted into a dense smooth substance resembling ivory)
S: (n) ecchymosis (the escape of blood from ruptured blood vessels into the surrounding tissue to form a purple or black-and-blue spot on the skin)
S: (n) effacement (shortening of the uterine cervix and thinning of its walls as it is dilated during labor)
S: (n) erythropoiesis (the process of producing red blood cells by the stem cells in the bone marrow)
S: (n) eutrophication (excessive nutrients in a lake or other body of water, usually caused by runoff of nutrients (animal waste, fertilizers, sewage) from the land, which causes a dense growth of plant life; the decomposition of the plants depletes the supply of oxygen, leading to the death of animal life) "he argued that the controlling factor in eutrophication is not nitrate but phosphate"
S: (n) growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis ((biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level) "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"
S: (n) implantation, nidation ((embryology) the organic process whereby a fertilized egg becomes implanted in the lining of the uterus of placental mammals)
S: (n) inhibition ((physiology) the process whereby nerves can retard or prevent the functioning of an organ or part) "the inhibition of the heart by the vagus nerve"
S: (n) involution (reduction in size of an organ or part (as in the return of the uterus to normal size after childbirth))
S: (n) cytokinesis (organic process consisting of the division of the cytoplasm of a cell following karyokinesis bringing about the separation into two daughter cells)
S: (n) karyokinesis (organic process consisting of the division of the nucleus of a cell during mitosis or meiosis)
S: (n) keratinization, keratinisation (organic process by which keratin is deposited in cells and the cells become horny (as in nails and hair))
S: (n) metamorphosis, metabolism (the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals)
S: (n) nitrogen cycle (the circulation of nitrogen; nitrates from the soil are absorbed by plants which are eaten by animals that die and decay returning the nitrogen back to the soil)
S: (n) nitrogen fixation (the assimilation of atmospheric nitrogen by soil bacteria and its release for plant use on the death of the bacteria)
S: (n) nutrition ((physiology) the organic process of nourishing or being nourished; the processes by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance)
S: (n) quellung, quellung reaction (the swelling of the capsule surrounding a microorganism after reaction with an antibody; the basis of certain tests for identifying microorganisms) "pneumococcus quellung"
S: (n) quickening (the process of showing signs of life) "the quickening of seed that will become ripe grain"
S: (n) regeneration ((biology) growth anew of lost tissue or destroyed parts or organs)
S: (n) regulation ((embryology) the ability of an early embryo to continue normal development after its structure has been somehow damaged or altered)
S: (n) replication ((genetics) the process whereby DNA makes a copy of itself before cell division)
S: (n) resorption, reabsorption (the organic process in which the substance of some differentiated structure that has been produced by the body undergoes lysis and assimilation)
S: (n) summation ((physiology) the process whereby multiple stimuli can produce a response (in a muscle or nerve or other part) that one stimulus alone does not produce)
S: (n) synapsis (the side by side pairing of homologous maternal and paternal chromosomes at the start of meiosis)
S: (n) synizesis, synezesis (the contraction of chromatin towards one side of the nucleus during the prophase of meiosis)
S: (n) transcription ((genetics) the organic process whereby the DNA sequence in a gene is copied into mRNA; the process whereby a base sequence of messenger RNA is synthesized on a template of complementary DNA)
S: (n) transduction ((genetics) the process of transfering genetic material from one cell to another by a plasmid or bacteriophage)
S: (n) translation ((genetics) the process whereby genetic information coded in messenger RNA directs the formation of a specific protein at a ribosome in the cytoplasm)
S: (n) protein folding, folding (the process whereby a protein molecule assumes its intricate three-dimensional shape) "understanding protein folding is the next step in deciphering the genetic code"
S: (n) translocation ((genetics) an exchange of chromosome parts) "translocations can result in serious congenital disorders"