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ruoansulatus — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • assimilation noun The process of taking in and absorbing something, whether ideas, nutrients, or a group of people into a wider culture.
  • digestion noun The bodily process of breaking food down so it can be absorbed and used.
  • digestive adjective Relating to or helping the process of digestion.
  • plumbing noun The system of pipes and fixtures that carry water and waste through a building.

Senses

ruoansulatus is used for these senses in English:

  • assimilation The metabolic conversion of nutrients into tissue.
  • digestion The process, in the gastrointestinal tract, by which food is converted into substances that can be used by the body.
  • digestive Of, relating to, or functioning in digestion.
  • plumbing (informal) A system of vessels or ducts in the human body, especially the genitourinary system.

assimilation — full definition

  1. noun The process of taking in and absorbing something, whether ideas, nutrients, or a group of people into a wider culture.
  2. noun In linguistics, a sound change in which one speech sound becomes more like a neighboring sound.

digestion — full definition

  1. noun The bodily process of breaking food down so it can be absorbed and used.
  2. noun The mental process of taking in and understanding new information.

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