Words Like DIGESTION

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10 definitions of digestion

1 The act or process of digesting; reduction to order; classification; thoughtful consideration.
2 The conversion of food, in the stomach and intestines, into soluble and diffusible products, capable of being absorbed by the blood.
3 Generation of pus; suppuration.
4 learning and coming to understand ideas and information
5 the process of decomposing organic matter (as in sewage) by bacteria or by chemical action or heat
6 the organic process by which food is converted into substances that can be absorbed into the body
7 Physiology The process by which food is converted into substances that can be absorbed and assimilated by the body. It is accomplished in the alimentary canal by the mechanical and enzymatic breakdown of foods into simpler chemical compounds.
8 Physiology The result of this process.
9 Physiology The ability to digest food.
10 The process of decomposing organic matter in sewage by bacteria.
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