digestion
/daɪˈd͡ʒɛst͡ʃən/
digestion noun: the process, in the gastrointestinal tract, by which food is converted into substances that can be used by the body.
Noun
digestion (countable and uncountable, plural digestions)
- The process, in the gastrointestinal tract, by which food is converted into substances that can be used by the body.
- In the dead state all is apparently without motion. No agent within indicates design, intelligence, or foresight: there is no respiration; no digestion, circulation, or nutrition; […]1822, John Barclay, chapter I, in An Inquiry Into the Opinions, Ancient and Modern, Concerning Life and Organization, Edinburgh; London: Bell & Bradfute; Waugh & Innes; G. & W. B. Whittaker, section...
- As for Grierson, he poured liquor into himself as if it were so much soothing syrup, demonstrating that a good digestion is the highest form of good conscience.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 159
- The result of this process.
- The ability to use this process.
- The processing of decay in organic matter assisted by microorganisms.
- The assimilation and understanding of ideas.
- Generation of pus; suppuration.
- Dissolution of a sample into a solution by means of adding acid and heat.
digestion meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
digestion in Hindi
- process in gastrointestinal tract
- पाचन pācan, हज़म hazam, हाज़मा hāzmā
digestion in Tamil
- செரித்தல், செரிமானம், ஜீரணித்தல், ஜீரணம், சமிபாடு, சீரணம்
digestion in Marathi
- digestion
- पचन pacan
digestion in Urdu
- process in gastrointestinal tract
- ہضم hazam, ہاضمہ hāzmā
More languagesFewer languages
- digestion in Bengali
- পরিপাক poripak
- digestion in Telugu
- జీర్ణము jīrṇamu, హరాయించుకొను harāyiñcukonu
- digestion in Malayalam
- ദഹനം dahanaṁ
- digestion in Kannada
- ಅರಮೆ, ಅರವೆ, ಅರಗುಹ, ಅಕ್ಕುಗೆ
- digestion in Punjabi
- ਪਾਚਨ
- digestion in Gujarati
- પાચન, પાચનક્રિયા
- digestion in Odia
- ପାଚନକ୍ରିଯ଼ା
- digestion in Sanskrit
- जीर्ण jīrṇa, पाचन pācana
- digestion in Assamese
- হজম hozom, পাক pak
- digestion in Nepali
- पाचन
- digestion in Pashto
- هضم hazᶕm, هاضمه hāzemá, هضمېدنه hazmedǝ́na
- digestion in Arabic
- هَضْم haḍm
- digestion in Malay
- pencernaan
- digestion in Indonesian
- pencernaan
- digestion in Persian
- هضم hazm, گوارش govâreš
- digestion in Thai
- การย่อยอาหาร
- digestion in Vietnamese
- hệ tiêu hóa, sự tiêu hóa
Examples of digestion in a sentence
- The long hours of travel seemed to constipate his digestion.
- The anaerobic digestion process for biovalorization of microalgal biomass is shown in Fig. 13.3.
- The new digestion protocol was designed based on the enzymatic combination of benzonase and P1 nucleases.
Forms of digestion
| plural | digestions |
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Origin of digestion
From Old French digestion. Partly displaced native Old English melting (“melting, digestion”).
Words formed from digestion
Words that rhyme with digestion
Questions about digestion
- What does digestion mean?
- Digestion means the process, in the gastrointestinal tract, by which food is converted into substances that can be used by the body.
- What is digestion in Hindi?
- Digestion in Hindi is पाचन (pācan), हज़म (hazam), हाज़मा (hāzmā). See Digestion meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is digestion?
- Digestion is a noun.
- How do you pronounce digestion?
- Digestion is pronounced /daɪˈd͡ʒɛst͡ʃən/.
- What is the plural of digestion?
- The plural of digestion is digestions.
Words near digestion in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: digestion (page history and authors); digestion (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); पचन (Marathi) (page history and authors); digestion (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); digestion (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); digestion (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); digestion (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); পাক (Assamese) (page history and authors); digestion (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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