DIGESTION

digestion. Digestion, n. a dissolvin of food in the stomach

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Di‐ges″tion (?; 106), n. [[F. digestion, L. digestio.]] 1. 1. The act or process of digesting; reduction to order; classification; thoughtful consideration.
2. 2. (Physiol.) The conversion of food, in the stomach and intestines, into soluble and diffusible products, capable of being absorbed by the blood.
3. 3. (Med.) Generation of pus; suppuration.