Meaning of DIGESTION
Pronunciation: | | di'jeschun
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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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