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digestion definition

di·ges·tion (di jes′c̸hən, dī-)

noun

  1. the act or process of digesting food
  2. the ability to digest food
  3. the absorption of ideas
  4. decomposition of sewage by bacteria

Etymology: ME digestioun < OFr digestion < L digestio

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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