bodily function

A natural physiological process or activity of the body, such as breathing, digestion, or excretion, often used euphemistically to refer to urination or defecation.

• 🇷🇺Естественный физиологический процесс или деятельность организма, такие как дыхание, пищеварение или выделение, часто используемые эвфемистически для обозначения мочеиспускания или дефекации.

1. Natural body process B2 formal

   A normal physiological process or activity performed by the body, such as digestion, breathing, or excretion.

   • Digestion is a complex bodily function that involves multiple organs.
   • The doctor asked about any changes in his bodily functions.
   • Breathing is an automatic bodily function we rarely think about.

   🇷🇺Функция организма

2. Euphemism for excretion B2 informal

   A polite or indirect term for the process of eliminating waste from the body (urination or defecation).

   • The patient had difficulty with basic bodily functions after the surgery.
   • The medication can affect normal bodily functions.
   • He excused himself to attend to a bodily function.

   🇷🇺Эвфемизм для выделения