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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

Related forms
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-) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—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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digestion
late 14c., from Fr. digestion (13c.), from L. digestionem, noun of action from digerere (see digest (n.)).
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digestion di·ges·tion (dī-jěs'chən, dĭ-)
n.
The process by which food is converted into substances that can be absorbed and assimilated by the body, especially that accomplished in the alimentary canal by the mechanical and enzymatic breakdown of foods into simpler chemical compounds.

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digestion   (dī-jěs'chən)  Pronunciation Key 


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  1. The process by which food is broken down into simple chemical compounds that can be absorbed and used as nutrients or eliminated by the body. In most animals, nutrients are obtained from food by the action of digestive enzymes. In humans and other higher vertebrates, digestion takes place mainly in the small intestine. In protists and some invertebrates, digestion occurs by phagocytosis.

  2. The decomposition of organic material, such as sewage, by bacteria.


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digestion definition


The breaking down of food, which is made up of complex organic molecules, into smaller molecules that the body can absorb and use for maintenance and growth.

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