Digestion vs. Absorption

Digestionnoun

The process, in the gastrointestinal tract, by which food is converted into substances that can be utilized by the body.

Digestionnoun

The result of this process.

Digestionnoun

The ability to use this process.

Digestionnoun

The processing of decay in organic matter assisted by microorganisms.

Digestionnoun

The assimilation and understanding of ideas.

Digestionnoun

Generation of pus; suppuration.

Digestionnoun

(chemistry) Dissolution of a sample into a solution by means of adding acid and heat.

Digestionnoun

The act or process of digesting; reduction to order; classification; thoughtful consideration.

Digestionnoun

The conversion of food, in the stomach and intestines, into soluble and diffusible products, capable of being absorbed by the blood.

Digestionnoun

Generation of pus; suppuration.

Digestionnoun

the process of decomposing organic matter (as in sewage) by bacteria or by chemical action or heat

Digestionnoun

the organic process by which food is converted into substances that can be absorbed into the body

Digestionnoun

learning and coming to understand ideas and information;

Digestion

Digestion is the breakdown of large insoluble food molecules into small water-soluble food molecules so that they can be absorbed into the watery blood plasma. In certain organisms, these smaller substances are absorbed through the small intestine into the blood stream.

Absorptionnoun

The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as,

Absorptionnoun

(obsolete) engulfing; swallowing up, as of bodies or land.

Absorptionnoun

assimilate; incorporation.

Absorptionnoun

the imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action, of radiant energy; the process of being neutrons being absorbed by the nucleus; interception.

Absorptionnoun

(physiology) in living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs; taking in by various means, such as by osmosis.

Absorptionnoun

Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind.

Absorptionnoun

Mental assimilation.

Absorptionnoun

(electrical engineering) The retaining of electrical energy for a short time after it has been introduced to the dielectric.

Absorptionnoun

The act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything, or of being absorbed and made to disappear; as, the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool, the absorption of a smaller tribe into a larger.

Absorptionnoun

An imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action; as, the absorption of light, heat, electricity, etc.

Absorptionnoun

In living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs.

Absorptionnoun

Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind; as, absorption in some employment.

Absorptionnoun

(chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid

Absorptionnoun

(physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium;

Absorptionnoun

the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another

Absorptionnoun

the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion

Absorptionnoun

complete attention; intense mental effort

Absorptionnoun

the mental state of being preoccupied by something