digestion
The process, in the gastrointestinal tract, by which food is converted into substances that can be used by the body.
Other meanings
The result of this process.
The ability to use this process.
Related words
- aerodigestion
- autodigestion
- biodigestion
- codigestion
- digestional
- exodigestion
- maldigestion
- nondigestion
- overdigestion
- postdigestion
- redigestion
- undigestion
Word history
From Old French "digestion".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “digestion” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.