"bodily function" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bodily functions [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bodily function (plural bodily functions)
  1. (physiology) A normal physical process that occurs in the body. Categories (topical): Physiology Translations (physical process): 身體機能 (Chinese Mandarin), 身体机能 (shēntǐ jīnéng) (Chinese Mandarin), ruumiintoiminto (Finnish), kroppsfunksjon [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kroppsfunksjon [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    Sense id: en-bodily_function-en-noun-F3P8YqXz Topics: medicine, physiology, sciences Disambiguation of 'physical process': 98 2
  2. (euphemistic) An excretory function of an organism, usually the discharging of feces and urine. Tags: euphemistic Synonyms: bodily process
    Sense id: en-bodily_function-en-noun-y-KCxk~2 Categories (other): English euphemisms, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71

Inflected forms

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