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Definition of Bodily function
1. Noun. An organic process that takes place in the body. "Respiratory activity"
Specialized synonyms: Control, Breathing, External Respiration, Respiration, Ventilation, Respiration, Breath, Consumption, Ingestion, Intake, Uptake, Sex, Sex Activity, Sexual Activity, Sexual Practice, Insemination, Sleeping, Reaction, Response, Crying, Tears, Weeping, Ablactation, Anastalsis, Discharge, Emission, Expelling, Expectoration, Festering, Maturation, Suppuration, Healing, Hypostasis, Lachrymation, Lacrimation, Tearing, Watering, Lactation, Opsonisation, Opsonization, Overactivity, Peristalsis, Vermiculation, Diaphoresis, Hidrosis, Perspiration, Sudation, Sweating, Phagocytosis, Pinocytosis, Placentation, Psilosis, Tanning, Transpiration
Generic synonyms: Biological Process, Organic Process
Derivative terms: Active
Definition of Bodily function
1. Noun. (physiology euphemistic) The excretory functions of an organism, usually referring to feces and urine. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bodily Function
Literary usage of Bodily function
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pugilistica: The History of British Boxing Containing Lives of the Most by Henry Downes Miles (1906)
"... to the wellbeing of every bodily function that goes to build up health—the
mena sana in corpore eano—can never be neglected without ruinous consequences ..."
2. The Heart of Buddhist Meditation: A Handbook of Mental Training Based on the by Nyanaponika, Nyanaponika A. Thera (1998)
"'Calming the bodily function (of breathing), I shall breathe in', thus he trains
himself; 'Calming the bodily function (of breathing), I shall breathe out', ..."
3. Criminal Responsibility by Charles Arthur Mercier (1905)
"In another large class of cases, disorder of bodily function is the most conspicuous
... Or the disorder of bodily function may be so great that life is ..."
4. Buddhist Dictionary: Manual of Buddhist Terms and Doctrinesby Nyanatiloka Mahathera, Nyanatiloka, Nyanaponika by Nyanatiloka Mahathera, Nyanatiloka, Nyanaponika (1980)
"(4) '"Calming this bodily function I will breathe in,' thus he trains himself; 'calming
this bodily function I will breathe out,' thus he trains himself. ..."
5. Body and Will: Being an Essay Concerning Will in Its Metaphysical by Henry Maudsley (1884)
"We may acknowledge readily that the direct experience of consciousness is quite
unlike our experience of any other bodily function, and ought to be ..."
6. The Medical Times and Gazette (1858)
"After this the case is submitted to proper treatment ; the disordered bodily
function is carefully attended to, and measures are adopted of a nature to ..."
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