Related WordNet synsets for SUMO concept BiologicalProcess
More specialized WordNet synsets
- orgasm, climax, sexual climax, coming
- the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse
- male orgasm
- an orgasm accompanied by the ejaculation of semen
- autotomy
- spontaneous removal or casting off of a body part (as the tail of a lizard or claw or a lobster) especially when the organism is injured or under attack
- atavism, reversion, throwback
- a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
- remission, subsidence
- an abatement in the manifestations of a disease; "his cancer is in remission"
- metempsychosis, rebirth
- after death the soul begins a new cycle of existence in another human of animal body
- alternation of generations, heterogenesis, xenogenesis
- the alternation of two or more different forms in the life cycle of a plant or animal
- metagenesis, digenesis
- alternation of sexual and asexual generations
- affinity
- (immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody
- biochemical mechanism
- a chemical mechanism involved in vital processes occurring in living organisms
- biosynthesis, biogenesis
- production of a chemical compound by a living organism
- hypostasis, epistasis
- the suppression of a gene by the effect of an unrelated gene
- evolution, phylogeny, phylogenesis
- the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms
- anamorphosis
- the evolution of one type of organism from another by a long series of gradual changes
- anthropogenesis, anthropogeny
- the evolution or genesis of the human race
- emergent evolution
- the appearance of entirely new properties at certain critical stages in the course of evolution
- speciation
- the evolution of a biological species
- symphysis
- a growing together of parts or structures
- agglutination
- a clumping of bacteria or red cells when held together by antibodies (agglutinins)
- cenogenesis, kenogenesis, caenogenesis, cainogenesis, kainogenesis
- introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (as addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution)
- palingenesis, recapitulation
- emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species
- cytogenesis
- the origin and development of cells
- shedding, sloughing
- the process whereby something is shed
- discharge, emission, expelling
- any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body; "the discharge of pus"
- human process
- a process in which human beings are involved
- desensitization, desensitisation
- the process of reducing sensitivity; "the patient was desensitized to the allergen"
- lysis
- (biochemistry) dissolution or destruction of cells such as blood cells or bacteria
- bacteriolysis
- dissolution or destruction of bacteria
- autolysis
- lysis (self-digestion) of tissues when they are detached from the organism
- cytolysis
- breakdown of cells by the destruction of their outer membrane
- electrolysis
- lysis of a bond produced by the passage of an electric current
- hemolysis, haemolysis, hematolysis, haematolysis
- lysis of erythrocytes with the release of hemoglobin
- curvature
- (medical) a curving or bending; often abnormal; "curvature of the spine"
- stay up, sit up, keep up
- not go to bed
- lose consciousness, zonk out, pass out, black out
- lose consciousness due to a sudden trauma, for example
- faint, conk, swoon, pass out
- pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
- come to, revive
- return to consciousness: "The patient came to quickly"
- animate, recreate, reanimate, revive, quicken, vivify, revivify
- give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"
- refresh, freshen, refreshen
- make fresh again
- etiolate
- bleach and alter the natural development of (a green plant) by excluding sunlight
- bacterize, bacterise
- subject to the action of bacteria
- sour, turn, ferment
- go sour or spoil; "The milk has soured"
- ferment
- cause to undergo fermentation; "We ferment the grapes for a very long time to achieve high alcohol content"
- vinify
- convert a juice into wine by fermentation; "vinify grape juice"
- compost
- convert to compost, as of organic debris
- reduce
- undergo meiosis; "The cells reduce"
- fellate, blow, go down on
- provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation
- display
- attract attention by displaying some body part or posing; of animals
- formative
- (biology) capable of forming new cells and tissues; "a formative zone in developing bone"
- circadian
- (biology) exhibiting 24-hour periodicity
- interspecies, interspecific
- arising or occurring between species; "an interspecific hybrid"
- intraspecies, intraspecific
- arising or occurring within a species; involving the members of one species; "intraspecific competition"
- anamorphic
- pertaining to gradual evolution from one type of organism to another
- anaphasic
- of or related to the stage of mitosis known as anaphase
- biogenous
- producing or produced by living things
- biogenic
- produced by living organisms or biological processes; "fermentation is a biogenic process"
- cenogenetic
- (biology) of or relating to cenogenesis
- palingenetic
- (biology) of or relating to palingenesis
- eugenic
- pertaining to or causing improvement in the offspring produced
- phylogenetic, phyletic
- of or relating to the evolutionary development of organisms; "phylogenetic development"
- evolutionary
- of or relating to or produced by evolution; "evolutionary biology"
- saprophytic
- obtaining food osmotically from dissolved organic material
- greening
- turning green; leafing out: "overgrown with greening trees and underbrush"
- symbiotically
- (biology) in a symbiotic manner