OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 4009

digestion

/daɪˈd͡ʒɛst͡ʃən/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
digestión
The process, in the gastrointestinal tract, by which food is converted into substances that can be used by the body.
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.
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;…
digestión
The result of this process.
digestión
The ability to use this process.
descomposición • putrefacción
The processing of decay in organic matter assisted by microorganisms.
asimilación • digestión
The assimilation and understanding of ideas.
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