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Colon :: Colon (n.) That part of the large intestines which extends from the caecum to the rectum. [See Illust of Digestion..

Digestibleness :: Digestibleness (n.) The quality of being digestible; digestibility.

Digester :: Digester (n.) One who digests.

Predigestion :: Predigestion (n.) Digestion too soon performed; hasty digestion.

Chylifaction :: Chylifaction (n.) The act or process by which chyle is formed from food in animal bodies; chylification, -- a digestive process..

Differentiation :: Differentiation (n.) The gradual formation or production of organs or parts by a process of evolution or development, as when the seed develops the root and the stem, the initial stem develops the leaf, branches, and flower buds; or in animal life, when the germ evolves the digestive and other organs and members, or when the animals as they advance in organization acquire special organs for specific purposes..

Sanguification :: Sanguification (n.) The production of blood; the conversion of the products of digestion into blood; hematosis.

Heavy :: Heavy (superl.) Not agreeable to, or suitable for, the stomach; not easily digested; -- said of food..

Predigest :: Predigest (v. t.) To subject (food) to predigestion or artificial digestion.

Digest :: Digest (v. t.) To ripen; to mature.

Pepsin :: Pepsin (n.) An unorganized proteolytic ferment or enzyme contained in the secretory glands of the stomach. In the gastric juice it is united with dilute hydrochloric acid (0.2 per cent, approximately) and the two together constitute the active portion of the digestive fluid. It is the active agent in the gastric juice of all animals..

Chymification :: Chymification (n.) The conversion of food into chyme by the digestive action of gastric juice.

Indigested :: Indigested (a.) Not ripened or suppurated; -- said of an abscess or its contents.

Agastric :: Agastric (a.) Having to stomach, or distinct digestive canal, as the tapeworm..

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

Inhibition :: Inhibition (n.) A stopping or checking of an already present action; a restraining of the function of an organ, or an agent, as a digestive fluid or ferment, etc.; as, the inhibition of the respiratory center by the pneumogastric nerve; the inhibition of reflexes, etc..

Apepsy :: Apepsy (n.) Defective digestion, indigestion..

Peptic :: Peptic (a.) Relating to digestion; promoting digestion; digestive; as, peptic sauces..

Digest :: Digest (v. t.) 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..

Decoctible :: Decoctible (a.) Capable of being boiled or digested.

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