Pronunciation
- IPA: /daɪˈdʒɛstʃən/, /dɨˈdʒɛstʃən/
digestion
- The process, in the gastrointestinal tract, by which food is converted into substances that can be utilized by the body.
- The result of this process.
- The ability to use this process.
- The processing of decay in organic matter assisted by microorganisms.
- The assimilation and understanding of ideas.
- (medicine, archaic) Generation of pus; suppuration.
- (chemistry) Dissolution of a sample into a solution by means of adding acid and heat.
- 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
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