消化 — meaning in English

English meaning

• digest verb To break food down in the stomach and intestines so the body can absorb its nutrients.
• digestion noun The bodily process of breaking food down so it can be absorbed and used.

Senses

消化 is used for these senses in English:

• digest (transitive) To separate (the food) in its passage through the alimentary canal into the nutritive and nonnutritive elements; to prepare, by the action of the digestive juices, for conversion into blood; to convert into chyme.
• digestion The process, in the gastrointestinal tract, by which food is converted into substances that can be used by the body.

digest — full definition

1. verb To break food down in the stomach and intestines so the body can absorb its nutrients.
2. verb To think over and fully take in information or an idea.
3. noun A short summary of longer material, or a periodical made up of such summaries.

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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