1. Noun
The act or process of digesting; reduction to order; classification; thoughtful consideration.
2. Noun
The conversion of food, in the stomach and intestines, into soluble and diffusible products, capable of being absorbed by the blood.
3. Noun
Generation of pus; suppuration.
4. Noun
the process of decomposing organic matter (as in sewage) by bacteria or by chemical action or heat
Vocabulary classified under Chemistry
5. Noun
learning and coming to understand ideas and information; "his appetite for facts was better than his digestion"
Vocabulary classified under Psychology
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