digestion
noun/daɪˈdʒestʃən/, /dɪˈdʒestʃən/
/daɪˈdʒestʃən/, /dɪˈdʒestʃən/
- [uncountable] the process of digesting food
- Vegetables are usually cooked to aid digestion.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- good
- poor
- have
- aid
- help
- …
- [countable, usually singular] the ability to digest food
- to have a good/poor digestion
- She's got very poor digestion.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- good
- poor
- have
- aid
- help
- …
- [uncountable] (chemistry) the process by which a substance breaks down when treated with heat, enzymes or a solvent (1)
- Food and animal waste will be processed via anaerobic digestion to produce biogas for energy or fertilizer.
- At the digestion plant, expired food is placed in tanks and digested by bacteria that thrive without oxygen.
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin digestio(n-), from the verb digerere, from di- ‘apart’ + gerere ‘carry’.
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