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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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