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Digestion

1. The act or process of digesting; reduction to order; classification; thoughtful consideration.

2. (Science: physiology) The conversion of food, in the stomach and intestines, into soluble and diffusible products, capable of being absorbed by the blood.

3. (Science: medicine) generation of pus; suppuration.

Origin: f. Digestion, L. Digestio. The process of decomposing organic matter (as in sewage) by bacteria or by chemical action or heat.The organic process by which food is converted into substances that can be absorbed into the body.Occurring in the digestive system where whole foodstuffs are broken down into smaller components until they are sufficiently small enough to enter the bloodstream.