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Assimilating :: Assimilating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Assimilat.

Assimilation :: Assimilation (n.) The act or process of assimilating or bringing to a resemblance, likeness, or identity; also, the state of being so assimilated; as, the assimilation of one sound to another..

Assimilation :: Assimilation (n.) The conversion of nutriment into the fluid or solid substance of the body, by the processes of digestion and absorption, whether in plants or animals..

Assimilative :: Assimilative (a.) Tending to, or characterized by, assimilation; that assimilates or causes assimilation; as, an assimilative process or substance..

Disassimilation :: Disassimilation (n.) The decomposition of complex substances, within the organism, into simpler ones suitable only for excretion, with evolution of energy, -- a normal nutritional process the reverse of assimilation; downward metabolism..

Disassimilative :: Disassimilative (a.) Having power to disassimilate; of the nature of disassimilation.

Malassimilation :: Malassimilation (n.) Imperfect digestion of the several leading constituents of the food.

Malassimilation :: Malassimilation (n.) An imperfect elaboration by the tissues of the materials brought to them by the blood.