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Digestion is defined as the process of absorbing food or ideas.
(noun)- An example of digestion is a person's body turning carbohydrates into energy.
- An example of digestion is a student understanding a chapter they've read in a textbook.
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See digestion in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- the act or process of digesting food
- the ability to digest food
- the absorption of ideas
- decomposition of sewage by bacteria
Origin: ME digestioun < OFr digestion < L digestio
See digestion in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- Physiology a. The process by which food is converted into substances that can be absorbed and assimilated by the body. It is accomplished in the alimentary canal by the mechanical and enzymatic breakdown of foods into simpler chemical compounds.b. The result of this process.c. The ability to digest food.
- The process of decomposing organic matter in sewage by bacteria.
- Assimilation of ideas or information; understanding.
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