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Webster 1913 Edition
Digestion
Di-ges′tion
(?; 106)
, Noun.
[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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Digestion
DIGESTION
,Noun.
1.
The conversion of food into chyme, or the process of dissolving aliment in the stomach and preparing it for circulation and nourishment. A good digestion is essential to health.2.
In chemistry, the operation of exposing bodies to a gentle heat, to prepare them for some action on each other; or the slow action of a solvent on any substance.3.
The act of methodizing and reducing to order; the maturation of a design.4.
The process of maturing an ulcer or wound, and disposing it to generate pus; or the generation of matter.5.
The process of dissolution and preparation of substances for manure, as in compost.Definition 2024
digestion
digestion
See also: digestión
English
Noun
digestion (countable and uncountable, plural digestions)
- The process, in the gastrointestinal tract, by which food is converted into substances that can be utilized by the body.
- 2013 June 29, “A punch in the gut”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 72-3:
- Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.
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- 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.
Derived terms
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Translations
process in gastrointestinal tract
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result of this process
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ability to use this process
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processing of decay in organic matter assisted by microorganisms
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assimilation and understanding of ideas
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin digestio, digestionem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /diʒɛstjɔ̃/
- Rhymes: -jɔ̃
Noun
digestion f (plural digestions)
Old French
Alternative forms
- digestioun
- digestiun
Noun
digestion f (oblique plural digestions, nominative singular digestion, nominative plural digestions)