Definition of digest

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Digest (v. i.) To suppurate; to generate pus, as an ulcer..

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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.
Basilica :: Basilica (n.) A digest of the laws of Justinian, translated from the original Latin into Greek, by order of Basil I., in the ninth century..
Indigested :: Indigested (a.) Not resolved; not regularly disposed and arranged; not methodical; crude; as, an indigested array of facts..
Docket :: Docket (n.) A small piece of paper or parchment, containing the heads of a writing; a summary or digest..
Decoctible :: Decoctible (a.) Capable of being boiled or digested.
Digest :: Digest (v. t.) Hence: To bear comfortably or patiently; to be reconciled to; to brook.
Digestibleness :: Digestibleness (n.) The quality of being digestible; digestibility.
Indigest :: Indigest (a.) Crude; unformed; unorganized; undigested.
Chylifaction :: Chylifaction (n.) The act or process by which chyle is formed from food in animal bodies; chylification, -- a digestive process..
Stomach :: Stomach (n.) An enlargement, or series of enlargements, in the anterior part of the alimentary canal, in which food is digested; any cavity in which digestion takes place in an animal; a digestive cavity. See Digestion, and Gastric juice, under Gastric..
Peptics :: Peptics (n.) The science of digestion.
Esophagus :: Esophagus (n.) That part of the alimentary canal between the pharynx and the stomach; the gullet. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus, under Digestive..
Recompilement :: Recompilement (n.) The act of recompiling; new compilation or digest; as, a recompilement of the laws..
Digestive :: Digestive (n.) That which aids digestion, as a food or medicine..
Coction :: Coction (n.) Digestion.
Athanor :: Athanor (n.) A digesting furnace, formerly used by alchemists. It was so constructed as to maintain uniform and durable heat..
Concoction :: Concoction (n.) The act of digesting in the mind; planning or devising; rumination.
Predigestion :: Predigestion (n.) Digestion too soon performed; hasty digestion.
Digest :: Digest (v. t.) To appropriate for strengthening and comfort.
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