Meaning of DIGESTION
| Pronunciation: | | di'jeschun
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- [n] learning and coming to understand ideas and information
- [n] the organic process by which food is converted into substances that can be absorbed into the body
- [n] the process of decomposing organic matter (as in sewage) by bacteria
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| | See Also: | | acquisition, biological process, chemical action, chemical change, chemical process, gastric digestion, learning, organic process | |
| Products Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Digestion
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Di*ges"tion\ (?; 106), n. [F. digestion, L.
digestio.]
1. The act or process of digesting; reduction to order;
classification; thoughtful consideration.
2. (Physiol.) The conversion of food, in the stomach and
intestines, into soluble and diffusible products, capable
of being absorbed by the blood.
3. (Med.) Generation of pus; suppuration.
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| | Definition: | | process the body uses to break down food into simple substances for energy, growth, and cell repair. |
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| | Related Terms: | | ablation, absorbency, absorbent, absorption, adsorbent, adsorption, assimilation, attrition, bile, blending, blotter, blotting, blotting paper, burning up, chemisorption, chemosorption, consumption, depletion, digestive system, drain, eating up, endosmosis, engrossment, erosion, exhaustion, exosmosis, expending, expenditure, finishing, gastric juice, gastrointestinal tract, imbibing, impoverishment, infiltration, ingestion, intestinal juice, liver, maceration, mastication, osmosis, pancreas, pancreatic digestion, pancreatic juice, percolation, predigestion, pulpefaction, pulpification, pulping, saliva, salivary digestion, salivary glands, secondary digestion, seepage, soaking-up, sorption, spending, sponge, sponging, squandering, taking-in, using up, wastage, waste, wastefulness, wasting away, wearing away, wearing down |
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