3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Digestion \Di*ges"tion\ (?; 106), n. [F. digestion, L.
digestio.]
1. The act or process of digesting; reduction to order
classification; thoughtful consideration.
2. (Physiol.) The conversion of food, in the stomach and
intestines, into soluble and diffusible products, capable
of being absorbed by the blood.
3. (Med.) Generation of pus; suppuration.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
digestion
n 1: the organic process by which food is converted into
substances that can be absorbed into the body
2: the process of decomposing organic matter (as in sewage) by
bacteria
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
DIGESTION, n. The conversion of victuals into virtues. When the
process is imperfect, vices are evolved instead -- a circumstance from
which that wicked writer, Dr Jeremiah Blenn, infers that the ladies
are the greater sufferers from dyspepsia.
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