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digestion

[dih-jes-chuhn, dahy-] / dɪˈdʒɛs tʃən, daɪ- /
NOUN
digesting
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Alongside those, he said many had had chosen to make use of the latest medical advances in controlling appetite and digestion.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Researchers are increasingly discovering that the gut microbiome, the vast community of microorganisms living in the digestive tract, influences much more than digestion.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

Warm environments can support the activity, digestion, and growth of large reptiles, potentially helping explain why exceptionally large snakes appeared during some of Earth's warmer periods.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

These findings highlight why traditional calorie calculations cannot fully describe human digestion.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

He spent the whole night making incomprehensible movements in the drawing room; later they turned out to be exercises designed to perfect the mind’s control over the body and to improve digestion.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

“Here are some reliable recipes for seasonable candies warranted to be no more harmful to youthful digestions and appetites than most other candies.”

From New York Times ● Oct. 30, 2014

The War Production Board offices, where gloom has often been thick enough to cut with a machine tool, were aglow last week with broad smiles, good digestions, men humming in the halls.

From Time Magazine Archive

The program had its own special Congressman's nightmare: the thought of raising taxes*raised the hackles on members' necks and troubled their digestions.

From Time Magazine Archive

Few travelers in search of tranquillity and an authentic native culture would risk their dollars or digestions today on such tourist emporiums as San Juan and St. Maarten.

From Time Magazine Archive

Only here is a beautiful Japanese thing, a quaint, queer, almost eerie dinner, that is in my humble opinion worth many digestions.

From Select Conversations with an Uncle (Now Extinct) And Two Other Reminiscences by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells


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