Digestion
Digestion (?; 106) , noun
[French digestion, Latin digestio.]
1.
The act or process of digesting; reduction to order; classification; thoughtful consideration.
2.
(Physiology) The conversion of food, in the stomach and intestines, into soluble and diffusible products, capable of being absorbed by the blood.
3.
(Medicine) Generation of pus; suppuration.