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digestion

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The act or process of digesting; reduction to order; classification; thoughtful consideration.

The conversion of food, in the stomach and intestines, into soluble and diffusible products, capable of being absorbed by the blood.

Generation of pus; suppuration.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion. Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Resentment and anger are bad for your blood pressure and your digestion. Desmond Tutu

It has long been known for sure that the sight of tasty food makes a hungry man's mouth water; also lack of appetite has always been regarded as an undesirable phenomenon, from which one might conclude that appetite is essentially linked with the process of digestion. Ivan Pavlov

With stupidity and sound digestion man may front much. Thomas Carlyle

It is a cheering thought to think that God is on the side of the best digestion. Don Marquis

Digestion of words as well; I often read aloud to myself in my writing corner in the library, where no one can hear me, for the sake of better savouring the text, so as to make it all the more mine. Alberto Manguel

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