digestion

noun

/daɪˈdʒestʃən/, /dɪˈdʒestʃən/

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[uncountable] the process of digesting food
- Vegetables are usually cooked to aid digestion.
compare indigestionTopics Cooking and eatingc1, Biologyc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- good
- poor
verb + digestion
- have
- aid
- help
- …
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[countable, usually singular] the ability to digest food
- to have a good/poor digestion
- She's got very poor digestion.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- good
- poor
verb + digestion
- have
- aid
- help
- …
See full entry
[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’.

单词	digestion
释义	digestion noun /daɪˈdʒestʃən/, /dɪˈdʒestʃən/ /daɪˈdʒestʃən/, /dɪˈdʒestʃən/ jump to other results [uncountable] the process of digesting food Vegetables are usually cooked to aid digestion. compare indigestionTopics Cooking and eatingc1, Biologyc1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective good poor verb + digestion have aid help … See full entry [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 verb + digestion have aid help … See full entry [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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