pro·cess
n 1 a : a natural progressively continuing operation or development marked by a series of gradual changes that succeed one another in a relatively fixed way and lead toward a particular result or end <the of growth> <the of digestion> b : a natural continuing activity or function <such life es as breathing and the circulation of the blood> 2 : a part of the mass of an organism or organic structure that projects outward from the main mass <a bone > <a parasite that puts forth es resembling tentacles> .
Similar sounding terms: pa·re·sis pe·ro·sis po·ro·sis py·ro·sis
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