organic phenomenon

Thesaurus

Noun

organic phenomenon - (biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animalsbiological science, biology - the science that studies living organismsnatural phenomenon - all phenomena that are not artificialdominance - 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 notabiogenesis, autogenesis, autogeny, spontaneous generation - a hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matteralternation of generations, heterogenesis, xenogenesis - the alternation of two or more different forms in the life cycle of a plant or animalannual ring, growth ring - an annual formation of wood in plants as they growbioelectricity - electric phenomena in animals or plantscirculation - movement through a circuit; especially the movement of blood through the heart and blood vesselscyclosis, streaming - the circulation of cytoplasm within a celldeath - the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism; "the animal died a painful death"decay, decomposition - the organic phenomenon of rottingdehiscence - (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 wounddesquamation, peeling, shedding - loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scalesexfoliation - the peeling off in flakes or scales of bark or dead skin; "exfoliation is increased by sunburn"diapedesis - passage of blood cells (especially white blood cells) through intact capillary walls and into the surrounding tissuefacilitation - (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 potentialfood chain - (ecology) a community of organisms where each member is eaten in turn by another memberfood pyramid - (ecology) a hierarchy of food chains with the principal predator at the top; each level preys on the level belowfood cycle, food web - (ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chainsgene expression - conversion of the information encoded in a gene first into messenger RNA and then to a proteinhistocompatibility - 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"life - the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones; "there is no life on the moon"life cycle - a series of stages through which an organism passes between recurrences of a primary stagepleomorphism - (biology) the appearance of two or more distinctly different forms in the life cycle of some organismspolymorphism - (biology) the existence of two or more forms of individuals within the same animal species (independent of sex differences)polymorphism - (genetics) the genetic variation within a population that natural selection can operate onrecognition - (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"rejection - (medicine) an immunological response that refuses to accept substances or organisms that are recognized as foreign; "rejection of the transplanted liver"greening, rejuvenation - the phenomenon of vitality and freshness being restored; "the annual rejuvenation of the landscape"sex linkage - an association between genes in sex chromosomes that makes some characteristics appear more frequently in one sex than in the other

organic phenomenon

organic phenomenon

Words related to organic phenomenon

noun (biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals

Related Words