Term: osteolysis: lysis of bone caused by disease or infection or inadequate blood supply
Broader: natural process: a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) | Unrelated: transmutation: (physics) the change of one chemical element into another (as by nuclear decay or radioactive bombardment)
Broader: natural process: a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) | Unrelated: object-oriented database: a database in which the operations carried out on information items (data objects) are considered part of their definition
Broader: natural process: a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) | Unrelated: box pleat: a flat double pleat made by folding under the fabric on either side of it
Broader: natural process: a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) | Unrelated: tachina fly: bristly fly whose larvae live parasitically in caterpillars and other insects; important in control of noxious insects
Broader: natural process: a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) | Unrelated: identification: evidence of identity; something that identifies a person or thing
Broader: natural process: a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) | Unrelated: dotard: an oldster in his dotage; someone whose age has impaired his intellect
Broader: natural process: a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) | Unrelated: size: the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing)
Broader: natural process: a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) | Unrelated: messmate: (nautical) an associate with whom you share meals in the same mess (as on a ship)
Broader: natural process: a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) | Unrelated: vein: a distinctive style or manner
Broader: natural process: a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) | Unrelated: saprolegnia: aquatic fungi growing chiefly on plant debris and animal remains