digestion

3 definitions found

digestion - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Digestion \Di*ges"tion\ (?; 106), n. [F. digestion, L.
     digestio.]
     1. The act or process of digesting; reduction to order;
        classification; thoughtful consideration.
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     2. (Physiol.) The conversion of food, in the stomach and
        intestines, into soluble and diffusible products, capable
        of being absorbed by the blood.
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     3. (Med.) Generation of pus; suppuration.
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digestion - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  digestion
      n 1: the process of decomposing organic matter (as in sewage) by
           bacteria or by chemical action or heat
      2: the organic process by which food is converted into
         substances that can be absorbed into the body
      3: learning and coming to understand ideas and information; "his
         appetite for facts was better than his digestion"

digestion - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  67 Moby Thesaurus words for "digestion":
     ablation, absorbency, absorbent, absorption, adsorbent, adsorption,
     assimilation, attrition, bile, blending, blotter, blotting,
     blotting paper, burning up, chemisorption, chemosorption,
     consumption, depletion, digestive system, drain, eating up,
     endosmosis, engrossment, erosion, exhaustion, exosmosis, expending,
     expenditure, finishing, gastric juice, gastrointestinal tract,
     imbibing, impoverishment, infiltration, ingestion,
     intestinal juice, liver, maceration, mastication, osmosis,
     pancreas, pancreatic digestion, pancreatic juice, percolation,
     predigestion, pulpefaction, pulpification, pulping, saliva,
     salivary digestion, salivary glands, secondary digestion, seepage,
     soaking-up, sorption, spending, sponge, sponging, squandering,
     taking-in, using up, wastage, waste, wastefulness, wasting away,
     wearing away, wearing down