bodily function vs placentation

placentation vs bodily function

bodily function and placentation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bodily function	Yes	No	No	No
placentation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, placentation is a hyponym of bodily function; that is, placentation is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than bodily function:

bodily function: an organic process that takes place in the body
placentation: the formation of the placenta in the uterus

Other hyponyms of bodily function include control, breathing, external respiration, respiration, ventilation, respiration, breath, consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake, sex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice, insemination, sleeping, reaction, response, crying, tears, weeping, ablactation, anastalsis, discharge, emission, expelling, expectoration, festering, maturation, suppuration, healing, hypostasis, lachrymation, lacrimation, tearing, watering, lactation, opsonisation, opsonization, overactivity, peristalsis, vermiculation, diaphoresis, hidrosis, perspiration, sudation, sweating, phagocytosis, pinocytosis, psilosis, tanning, transpiration.

bodily function (noun)	placentation (noun)
an organic process that takes place in the body	arrangement of the ovules in the placenta and of the placentas in the ovary
	the formation of the placenta in the uterus

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