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Digestion
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. The act or process of digesting; reduction to order; classification; thoughtful consideration.
2. The conversion of food, in the stomach and intestines, into soluble and diffusible products, capable of being absorbed by the blood.
3. Generation of pus; suppuration.