Definition of assimilation

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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..

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Katabolism :: Katabolism (n.) Destructive or downward metabolism; regressive metamorphism; -- opposed to anabolism. See Disassimilation.
Disassimilative :: Disassimilative (a.) Having power to disassimilate; of the nature of disassimilation.
Assimilatory :: Assimilatory (a.) Tending to assimilate, or produce assimilation; as, assimilatory organs..
Assimulation :: Assimulation (n.) Assimilation.
Incorporation :: Incorporation (n.) The union of something with a body already existing; association; intimate union; assimilation; as, the incorporation of conquered countries into the Roman republic..
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..
Chlorophyll :: Chlorophyll (n.) Literally, leaf green; a green granular matter formed in the cells of the leaves (and other parts exposed to light) of plants, to which they owe their green color, and through which all ordinary assimilation of plant food takes place. Similar chlorophyll granules have been found in the tissues of the lower animals..
Vegetal :: Vegetal (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, that class of vital phenomena, such as digestion, absorption, assimilation, secretion, excretion, circulation, generation, etc., which are common to plants and animals, in distinction from sensation and volition, which are peculiar to animals..
Phyllocladium :: Phyllocladium (n.) A flattened stem or branch which more or less resembles a leaf, and performs the function of a leaf as regards respiration and assimilation..
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..
Animalization :: Animalization (n.) Conversion into animal matter by the process of assimilation.
Animalize :: Animalize (v. t.) To convert into animal matter by the processes of assimilation.
Metensomatosis :: Metensomatosis (n.) The assimilation by one body or organism of the elements of another.
Malassimilation :: Malassimilation (n.) Imperfect digestion of the several leading constituents of the food.
Com- :: Com- () A prefix from the Latin preposition cum, signifying with, together, in conjunction, very, etc. It is used in the form com- before b, m, p, and sometimes f, and by assimilation becomes col- before l, cor- before r, and con- before any consonant except b, h, l, m, p, r, and w. Before a vowel com- becomes co-; also before h, w, and sometimes before other consonants..
Live :: Live (v. i.) To be alive; to have life; to have, as an animal or a plant, the capacity of assimilating matter as food, and to be dependent on such assimilation for a continuance of existence; as, animals and plants that live to a great age are long in reaching maturity..
Disassimilate :: Disassimilate (v. t.) To subject to disassimilation.
Elaboration :: Elaboration (n.) The natural process of formation or assimilation, performed by the living organs in animals and vegetables, by which a crude substance is changed into something of a higher order; as, the elaboration of food into chyme; the elaboration of chyle, or sap, or tissues..
Transformation :: Transformation (n.) Change of one from of material into another, as in assimilation; metabolism; metamorphosis..
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