From Old French digestion.

• IPA: /daɪˈd͡ʒɛst͡ʃən/, /dɪˈd͡ʒɛst͡ʃən/

digestion

1. The process, in the gastrointestinal tract, by which food is converted into substances that can be used by the body.
   • 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC ↗, page 159:

     As for Grierson, he poured liquor into himself as if it were so much soothing syrup, demonstrating that a good digestion is the highest form of good conscience.

2. The result of this process.
3. The ability to use this process.
4. The processing of decay in organic matter assisted by microorganisms.
5. The assimilation and understanding of ideas.
6. (medicine, archaic) Generation of pus; suppuration.
7. (chemistry) Dissolution of a sample into a solution by means of adding acid and heat.

• digest
• digester
• digestible

• French: digestion
• German: Verdauung
• Italian: digestione
• Portuguese: digestão
• Russian: пищеваре́ние
• Spanish: digestión

• Italian: digestione
• Spanish: digestión

• Spanish: digestión

• Italian: decomposizione, digestione
• Spanish: descomposición, putrefacción

• Italian: assimilazione
• Spanish: digestión, asimilación