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• adaptation, adjustment, adaption go
  the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)
  
• agglutination go
  a clumping of bacteria or red cells when held together by antibodies (agglutinins)
  
• senescence, aging, ageing go
  the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age
  
• anovulation go
  the absence of ovulation due to immaturity or post-maturity or pregnancy or oral contraceptive pills or dysfunction of the ovary
  
• antisepsis, asepsis go
  the process of inhibiting the growth and multiplication of microorganisms
  
• absorption, assimilation go
  the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion
  
• autoregulation go
  (physiology) processes that maintain a generally constant physiological state in a cell or organism
  
• bacteriostasis go
  inhibition of the growth of bacteria
  
• bloom, blooming go
  the organic process of bearing flowers
  
• activity, bodily process, body process, bodily function go
  an organic process that takes place in the body
  
• carbon cycle go
  the organic circulation of carbon from the atmosphere into organisms and back again
  
• catabolism, katabolism, dissimilation, destructive metabolism go
  breakdown in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones together with release of energy
  
• cell division, cellular division go
  the process in reproduction and growth by which a cell divides to form daughter cells
  
• crossover, crossing over go
  the interchange of sections between pairing homologous chromosomes during the prophase of meiosis
  
• defoliation go
  the loss of foliage
  
• deossification go
  the loss of the mineral content of bone tissue
  
• digestion go
  the organic process by which food is converted into substances that can be absorbed into the body
  
• eburnation go
  a change that occurs in degenerative joint disease in which bone is converted into a dense smooth substance resembling ivory
  
• ecchymosis go
  the escape of blood from ruptured blood vessels into the surrounding tissue to form a purple or black-and-blue spot on the skin
  
• effacement go
  shortening of the uterine cervix and thinning of its walls as it is dilated during labor
  
• erythropoiesis go
  the process of producing red blood cells by the stem cells in the bone marrow
  
• eutrophication go
  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
  
• evolution, organic evolution, phylogeny, phylogenesis go
  (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms
  
• expression go
  (genetics) the process of expressing a gene
  
• extravasation go
  the process of exuding or passing out of a vessel into surrounding tissues
  
• gastrulation go
  the process in which a gastrula develops from a blastula by the inward migration of cells
  
• glycogenesis go
  the formation in animals of glycogen from glucose
  
• development, growth, maturation, growing, ontogeny, ontogenesis go
  (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically
  
• hematopoiesis, haematopoiesis, hemopoiesis, haemopoiesis, hemogenesis, haemogenesis, hematogenesis, haematogenesis, sanguification go
  the formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow)
  
• heredity go
  the biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next
  
• humification go
  the process of the formation of humus from plant remains
  
• hypostasis, epistasis go
  the suppression of a gene by the effect of an unrelated gene
  
• implantation, nidation go
  (embryology) the organic process whereby a fertilized egg becomes implanted in the lining of the uterus of placental mammals
  
• inhibition go
  (physiology) the process whereby nerves can retard or prevent the functioning of an organ or part
  
• introversion, intussusception, invagination, infolding go
  the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface
  
• involution go
  reduction in size of an organ or part (as in the return of the uterus to normal size after childbirth)
  
• cytokinesis go
  organic process consisting of the division of the cytoplasm of a cell following karyokinesis bringing about the separation into two daughter cells
  
• karyokinesis go
  organic process consisting of the division of the nucleus of a cell during mitosis or meiosis
  
• keratinization, keratinisation go
  organic process by which keratin is deposited in cells and the cells become horny (as in nails and hair)
  
• Krebs cycle, Krebs citric acid cycle, citric acid cycle, tricarboxylic acid cycle go
  in all plants and animals: a series of enzymatic reactions in mitochondria involving oxidative metabolism of acetyl compounds to produce high-energy phosphate compounds that are the source of cellular energy
  
• lymphopoiesis go
  the formation of lymphocytes in the bone marrow and lymph nodes and thymus and spleen
  
• lysogenization, lysogenisation go
  the process by which a bacterium acquires a phage that becomes integrated into its genome
  
• maturation, ripening, maturement go
  coming to full development
  
• metabolism, metabolic process go
  the organic processes (in a cell or organism) that are necessary for life
  
• metamorphosis, metabolism go
  the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals
  
• nitrogen cycle go
  the circulation of nitrogen
  
• nitrogen fixation go
  the assimilation of atmospheric nitrogen by soil bacteria and its release for plant use on the death of the bacteria
  
• nondevelopment go
  failure of normal development to occur
  
• nutrition go
  (physiology) the organic process of nourishing or being nourished
  
• organification go
  the process of organ formation
  
• ossification go
  the developmental process of bone formation
  
• ovulation go
  the expulsion of an ovum from the ovary (usually midway in the menstrual cycle)
  
• oxidative phosphorylation go
  an enzymatic process in cell metabolism that synthesizes ATP from ADP
  
• birth, parturition, giving birth, birthing go
  the process of giving birth
  
• pathologic process, pathological process go
  an organic process occurring as a consequence of disease
  
• perennation go
  the process of living through a number of years (as a perennial plant)
  
• preservation go
  a process that saves organic substances from decay
  
• quellung, quellung reaction go
  the swelling of the capsule surrounding a microorganism after reaction with an antibody
  
• quickening go
  the process of showing signs of life
  
• regeneration go
  (biology) growth anew of lost tissue or destroyed parts or organs
  
• regulation go
  (embryology) the ability of an early embryo to continue normal development after its structure has been somehow damaged or altered
  
• replication go
  (genetics) the process whereby DNA makes a copy of itself before cell division
  
• reproduction go
  the process of generating offspring
  
• resorption, reabsorption go
  the organic process in which the substance of some differentiated structure that has been produced by the body undergoes lysis and assimilation
  
• aging, ageing, ripening go
  acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time
  
• secretion, secernment go
  the organic process of synthesizing and releasing some substance
  
• segregation go
  (genetics) the separation of paired alleles during meiosis so that members of each pair of alleles appear in different gametes
  
• shedding, sloughing go
  the process whereby something is shed
  
• summation go
  (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
  
• symphysis go
  a growing together of parts or structures
  
• synapsis go
  the side by side pairing of homologous maternal and paternal chromosomes at the start of meiosis
  
• synizesis, synezesis go
  the contraction of chromatin towards one side of the nucleus during the prophase of meiosis
  
• transcription go
  (genetics) the organic process whereby the DNA sequence in a gene is copied into mRNA
  
• transduction go
  (genetics) the process of transfering genetic material from one cell to another by a plasmid or bacteriophage
  
• translation go
  (genetics) the process whereby genetic information coded in messenger RNA directs the formation of a specific protein at a ribosome in the cytoplasm
  
• folding, protein folding go
  the process whereby a protein molecule assumes its intricate three-dimensional shape
  
• translocation go
  (genetics) an exchange of chromosome parts
  
• translocation go
  the transport of dissolved material within a plant
  
• transpiration go
  the emission of water vapor from the leaves of plants
  
• tumefaction go
  the process of tumefying
  
• ulceration go
  the process of ulcer formation
  
• vascularization, vascularisation go
  the organic process whereby body tissue becomes vascular and develops capillaries
  
• vesiculation, vesication, blistering go
  the formation of vesicles in or beneath the skin