English-Italian translations for digestion

• digestione
  Le fibre, che hanno noti effetti benefici sulla digestione e gli estratti delle piante fanno parte di tale gruppo di sostanze. Fibre, which is known to aid digestion, in the same way as plant extracts, is included.
  Nella mia circoscrizione, un impianto di digestione anaerobica è stato recentemente costretto a chiudere a causa di rigide e inutili restrizioni dovute alla pianificazione. In my constituency, an anaerobic digestion plant was recently forced to close because of rigid and unnecessary planning restrictions.
  Il vino è un alimento, un tonico; distende i nervi, aiuta la digestione, ha un’azione antiallergica e può prevenire malattie vascolari, cancro e demenza. Wine is a food, a tonic; it soothes the nerves, aids digestion, is anti-allergenic and can act as an effective preventive against vascular diseases, cancer and dementia.
• assimilazione
• decomposizione

Definition of digestion

• The process, in the gastrointestinal tract, by which food is converted into substances that can be utilized by the body
• The result of this process
• The processing of decay in organic matter assisted by microorganisms
• Generation of pus; suppuration

Related words

• indigestion
• autodigestion
• predigestion
• codigestion
• exodigestion
• pre-digestion
• digestion process
• anaerobic digestion
• acid indigestion