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digestions

digestions is the plural of digestion.

Meaning of digestion

Noun

digestion (countable and uncountable, plural digestions)

  1. 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...
  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.
  6. (archaic) Generation of pus; suppuration.

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Questions about digestions

What is digestions the plural of?
Digestions is the plural of digestion.

Words near digestions in the dictionary

  1. digestif
  2. digestifs
  3. digesting
  4. digestion
  5. digestional
  6. digestions
  7. digestive
  8. digestive biscuit
  9. digestive biscuits
  10. digestive system
  11. digestive systems

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