| has gloss | (noun) (biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals
organic phenomenon |
| lexicalization | eng: organic phenomenon |
| subclass of | (noun) all phenomena that are not artificial
natural phenomenon |
| has subclass | (noun) the organic phenomenon in which one of a pair of alleles present in a genotype is expressed in the phenotype and the other allele of the pair is not
dominance |
| has subclass | (noun) a hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matter
autogeny, autogenesis, abiogenesis, spontaneous generation |
| has subclass | (noun) the alternation of two or more different forms in the life cycle of a plant or animal
xenogenesis, heterogenesis, alternation of generations |
| has subclass | (noun) an annual formation of wood in plants as they grow
growth ring, annual ring |
| has subclass | (noun) electric phenomena in animals or plants
bioelectricity |
| has subclass | (noun) movement through a circuit; especially the movement of blood through the heart and blood vessels
circulation |
| has subclass | (noun) the circulation of cytoplasm within a cell
streaming, cyclosis |
| has subclass | (noun) the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism; "the animal died a painful death"
death |
| has subclass | (noun) the organic phenomenon of rotting
decay, decomposition |
| has subclass | (noun) (biology) release of material by splitting open of an organ or tissue; the natural bursting open at maturity of a fruit or other reproductive body to release seeds or spores or the bursting open of a surgically closed wound
dehiscence |
| has subclass | (noun) loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales
desquamation, shedding, peeling |
| has subclass | (noun) the peeling off in flakes or scales of bark or dead skin; "exfoliation is increased by sunburn"
exfoliation |
| has subclass | (noun) passage of blood cells (especially white blood cells) through intact capillary walls and into the surrounding tissue
diapedesis |
| has subclass | (noun) (neurophysiology) phenomenon that occurs when two or more neural impulses that alone are not enough to trigger a response in a neuron combine to trigger an action potential
facilitation |
| has subclass | (noun) (ecology) a community of organisms where each member is eaten in turn by another member
food chain |
| has subclass | (noun) (ecology) a hierarchy of food chains with the principal predator at the top; each level preys on the level below
food pyramid |
| has subclass | (noun) (ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains
food cycle, food web |
| has subclass | (noun) conversion of the information encoded in a gene first into messenger RNA and then to a protein
gene expression |
| has subclass | (noun) condition in which the cells of one tissue can survive in the presence of cells of another tissue; "a successful graft or transplant requires a high degree of histocompatibility"
histocompatibility |
| has subclass | (noun) the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones; "there is no life on the moon"
life |
| has subclass | (noun) a series of stages through which an organism passes between recurrences of a primary stage
life cycle |
| has subclass | (noun) (biology) the appearance of two or more distinctly different forms in the life cycle of some organisms
pleomorphism |
| has subclass | (noun) (biology) the existence of two or more forms of individuals within the same animal species (independent of sex differences)
polymorphism |
| has subclass | (noun) (genetics) the genetic variation within a population that natural selection can operate on
polymorphism |
| has subclass | (noun) (biology) the ability of one molecule to attach to another molecule that has a complementary shape; "molecular recognition drives all of biology, for instance, hormone and receptor or antibody-antigen interactions or the organization of molecules into larger biologically active entities"
recognition |
| has subclass | (noun) (medicine) an immunological response that refuses to accept substances or organisms that are recognized as foreign; "rejection of the transplanted liver"
rejection |
| has subclass | (noun) the phenomenon of vitality and freshness being restored; "the annual rejuvenation of the landscape"
greening, rejuvenation |
| has subclass | (noun) an association between genes in sex chromosomes that makes some characteristics appear more frequently in one sex than in the other
sex linkage |