Synonyms

digestional

[dih-jes-chuhn, dahy-]

di·ges·tion

[dih-jes-chuhn, dahy-]
noun
1.
the process in the alimentary canal by which food is broken up physically, as by the action of the teeth, and chemically, as by the action of enzymes, and converted into a substance suitable for absorption and assimilation into the body.
2.
the function or power of digesting food: My digestion is bad.
3.
the act of digesting or the state of being digested.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English digestioun < Anglo-French, Middle French < Latin dīgestiōn- (stem of dīgestiō), equivalent to dīgest(us) (see digest) + -iōn- -ion

di·ges·tion·al, adjective
non·di·ges·tion, noun
re·di·ges·tion, noun
self-di·ges·tion, noun
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digestion (dɪˈdʒɛstʃən, daɪ-)
 
n
1.  the act or process in living organisms of breaking down ingested food material into easily absorbed and assimilated substances by the action of enzymes and other agentsRelated: peptic
2.  mental assimilation, esp of ideas
3.  bacteriol the decomposition of sewage by the action of bacteria
4.  chem the treatment of material with heat, solvents, chemicals, etc, to cause softening or decomposition
 
Related: peptic
 
[C14: from Old French, from Latin digestiō a dissolving, digestion]
 
di'gestional
 
adj

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