Hypertext Webster Gateway: "digestion"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Digestion \Di*ges"tion\ (?; 106), n. [F. digestion, L.
digestio.]
1. The act or process of digesting; reduction to order;
classification; thoughtful consideration.
2. (Physiol.) The conversion of food, in the stomach and
intestines, into soluble and diffusible products, capable
of being absorbed by the blood.
3. (Med.) Generation of pus; suppuration.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
digestion
n 1: the process of decomposing organic matter (as in sewage) by
bacteria
2: the organic process by which food is converted into
substances that can be absorbed into the body
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