digestion

== English == === Etymology === From Old French digestion. Partly displaced native Old English melting (“melting, digestion”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /daɪˈd͡ʒɛst͡ʃən/, /dɪˈd͡ʒɛst͡ʃən/ Rhymes: -ɛstʃən === Noun === digestion (countable and uncountable, plural digestions) The process, in the gastrointestinal tract, by which food is converted into substances that can be used by the body. The result of this process. The ability to use this process. The processing of decay in organic matter assisted by microorganisms. The assimilation and understanding of ideas. (medicine, archaic) Generation of pus; suppuration. (chemistry) Dissolution of a sample into a solution by means of adding acid and heat. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== digest digester digestible ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === genistoid == French == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin dīgestiō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /di.ʒɛs.tjɔ̃/ Rhymes: -ɔ̃ === Noun === digestion f (plural digestions) digestion ==== Related terms ==== digérer digeste indigestion === Further reading === “digestion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Old French == === Alternative forms === digestioun digestiun === Noun === digestion oblique singular, f (oblique plural digestions, nominative singular digestion, nominative plural digestions) digestion == Piedmontese == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /did͡ʒesˈtjuŋ/ === Noun === digestion f digestion