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.
Ingestverb
(transitive) To take into the body, as for digestion.
Ingestverb
(transitive) To bring or import into a system.
Ingestnoun
The process of importing data or other material into a system.
Ingestverb
To take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal.
Ingestverb
To take into the body by any means, as by inhalation, injection, absorption, as well as through the mouth.
Ingestverb
serve oneself to, or consume regularly;
Ingestverb
take up mentally;