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Definitions for: Digestion
[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
Webster (1913) 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.
See Also: acquisition, biological process, chemical action, chemical change, chemical process, gastric digestion, learning, organic process
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