digestion
- Noun. The process, in the gastrointestinal tract, by which food is converted into substances that can be utilized by the body.
- Noun. The result of this process.
- Noun. The ability to use this process.
- Noun. The processing of decay in organic matter assisted by microorganisms.
- Noun. The assimilation and understanding of ideas.
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