digestion

Noun

Meaning

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

Synonyms

absorption assimilation marguerite blotter alimentary understanding consumption classification spending transformation reception intake breakdown metabolism incorporation
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Antonyms

segregation exposition disregard incomprehension indigestion wrong end of the stick
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Hypernyms

learning acquisition chemical change biological process organic process chemical action

Hyponyms

gastric digestion

Related terms

digester digest digestible

Phrases with the word

digestion tract capacity for digestion biochemical digestion biological digestion aid to digestion glucose digestion

Anagrams

genistoid

Examples

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

Close letter words and terms

digestibleness digestibly digestif digestion tank digestion tract digestional