Digestion

Noun

 * 1) The process, in the gastrointestinal tract, by which food is converted into substances that can be utilized by the body.
 * 2) The result of this process.
 * 3) The ability to use this process.
 * 4) The processing of decay in organic matter assisted by microorganisms.
 * 5) The assimilation and understanding of ideas.

Related terms

 * digest
 * digester
 * digestible

Thesaurus
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

Translations

 * Arabic: هضم
 * Bulgarian: храносмилане
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: spijsvertering, vertering
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ruoansulatus, alt. spelling: ruuansulatus
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:, χώνεψη
 * Hebrew: עיכול ('ykul)
 * Indonesian: pencernaan


 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Polish:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: варење
 * Roman: varenje
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Telugu: జీర్ణము
 * Turkish: sindirim


 * Greek:, χώνεψη
 * Italian:


 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian: храносмилане
 * Scottish Gaelic:


 * Spanish:


 * Dutch: vertering, verteren
 * Greek:


 * Italian: ,
 * Spanish: ,


 * Dutch: verwerven, verwerving , assimilatie
 * Greek: αφομοίωση
 * Italian:


 * Spanish: ,
 * Telugu: హరాయించుకొను

Noun

 * 1) digestion