ALL meanings of digestion
di·ges·tion
D d - noun digestion The process of breaking down food by mechanical and enzymatic action in the stomach and intestines into substances that can be used by the body. 1
- noun digestion 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. 1
- noun digestion the function or power of digesting food: My digestion is bad. 1
- noun digestion the act of digesting or the state of being digested. 1
- noun digestion breakdown of food in body 1
- noun digestion digestive processes or system 1
- noun digestion assimilation of information 1
- uncountable noun digestion Digestion is the process of digesting food. 0
- countable noun digestion Your digestion is the system in your body which digests your food. 0
- noun digestion 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 agents 0
- noun digestion mental assimilation, esp of ideas 0
- noun digestion the decomposition of sewage by the action of bacteria 0
- noun digestion the treatment of material with heat, solvents, chemicals, etc, to cause softening or decomposition 0
- noun digestion the act or process of digesting food 0
- noun digestion the ability to digest food 0
- noun digestion the absorption of ideas 0
- noun digestion decomposition of sewage by bacteria 0
- noun digestion The process, in the gastrointestinal tract, by which food is converted into substances that can be utilized by the body. 0
- noun digestion The result of this process. 0
- noun digestion The ability to use this process. 0
- noun digestion The processing of decay in organic matter assisted by microorganisms. 0
- noun digestion The assimilation and understanding of ideas. 0
- noun digestion (medicine, archaic) Generation of pus; suppuration. 0