bodily function

Questions about bodily function

What does bodily function mean?

bodily function means "an organic process that takes place in the body".

What is another word for bodily function?

Close synonyms include bodily process, body process, activity. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bodily function a common word?

bodily function is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.