All digestion synonyms
di·ges·tion
D d noun digestion
- absorption — The absorption of a liquid, gas, or other substance is the process of it being soaked up or taken in.
- metabolism — Biology, Physiology. the sum of the physical and chemical processes in an organism by which its material substance is produced, maintained, and destroyed, and by which energy is made available. Compare anabolism, catabolism.
- ingestion — to take, as food, into the body (opposed to egest).
- assimilation — an assimilating or being assimilated
- incorporation — the act of incorporating or the state of being incorporated.
- breakdown — The breakdown of something such as a relationship, plan, or discussion is its failure or ending.
- consumption — The consumption of fuel or natural resources is the amount of them that is used or the act of using them.
- digesting — Present participle of digest.