digestion

See also digestión

English

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /daɪˈdʒɛstʃən/, /dɨˈdʒɛstʃən/

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• Rhymes: -ɛstʃən

Noun

digestion (countable and uncountable; plural digestions)

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

Related terms

• digest
• digester
• digestible

Translations

process in gastrointestinal tract

Arabic: هضم (ar) (haDm) m. Bulgarian: храносмилане (bg) n. Chinese: Mandarin: 消化 (cmn) (xiāohuà) Czech: trávení (cs) n. Dutch: spijsvertering f., vertering f. Esperanto: digesto (eo) Finnish: ruoansulatus, alt. spelling: ruuansulatus French: digestion (fr) f. German: Verdauung (de) f. Greek: πέψη (el) (pépsi) f., χώνεψη (el) (khónepsi) f. Hebrew: עיכול ('ykul) m. Indonesian: pencernaan Italian: digestione (it) f. Japanese: 消化 (ja) (しょうか, shōka)

Polish: trawienie (pl) n. Portuguese: digestão (pt) f. Romanian: digestie (ro) Russian: пищеварение (ru) (piščevarénije) n., переваривание (ru) (perevarivánije) n. Rusyn: травлїня (travljinja) n., діґесція (digesсija) f. Scottish Gaelic: meirbheadh (gd) m. Serbian: Cyrillic: варење n. Roman: varenje n. Slovene: prebava (sl) f. Spanish: digestión (es) f. Telugu: జీర్ణము Turkish: sindirim (tr) Ukrainian: травлення (uk) (trávlennja) n.

result of this process

Greek: πέψη (el) (pépsi) f., χώνεψη (el) (khónepsi) f. Italian: digestione (it) f.

Scottish Gaelic: meirbheadh (gd) m. Spanish: digestión (es) f.

ability to use this process

Bulgarian: храносмилане (bg) n. Scottish Gaelic: meirbheadh (gd) m.

Spanish: digestión (es) f.

processing of decay in organic matter assisted by microorganisms

Dutch: vertering f., verteren n. Greek: αποσύνθεση (el) (aposínθesi) f.

Italian: decomposizione (it) f., digestione (it) f. Spanish: descomposición (es) f., putrefacción (es) f.

assimilation and understanding of ideas

Dutch: verwerven n., verwerving f., assimilatie f. Greek: αφομοίωση (el) (afomíosi) f. Italian: assimilazione (it) f.

Spanish: digestión (es) f., asimilación (es) f. Telugu: హరాయించుకొను

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /diʒɛstjɔ̃/, X-SAMPA: /diZEstjO~/

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• Rhymes: -ɔ̃

Noun

digestion f. (plural digestions)

1. digestion