digestion

Significado (Inglés)

1. (countable, uncountable) The process, in the gastrointestinal tract, by which food is converted into substances that can be used by the body.
2. (countable, uncountable) The result of this process.
3. (countable, uncountable) The ability to use this process.
4. (countable, uncountable) The processing of decay in organic matter assisted by microorganisms.
5. (countable, uncountable) The assimilation and understanding of ideas.
6. (archaic, countable, uncountable) Generation of pus; suppuration.
7. (countable, uncountable) Dissolution of a sample into a solution by means of adding acid and heat.

Sinónimos

digesting

decomposition

adoption

assumption

atomisation

atomization

break up

cracking

decompose

decompound

demolishing

demolition

digestive

disbandment

disintegration

disorganization

dissociation

dissolution

espousal

eupepsia

explication

fermentation

fusion

metabolism

osmosis

putrefaction

recapitulation

resolution

rot

slaking

transit time

wrecking

smelting furnace

as in

chemical decomposition reaction

absorption

decomposition reaction

analytical

assimilation

Traducións

digestion

digestione

Verdauung

digestión

spijsvertering

digestão

πέψη

vertering

digestió

digestie

hazım

χώνεψη

هضم

digestão anaeróbia

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/daɪˈd͡ʒɛst͡ʃən/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

From Old French digestion. Partly displaced native Old English melting (“melting, digestion”).