different between digestion vs excretion

English

Etymology

From Old French digestion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da??d??st??n/, /d??d??st??n/
• Rhymes: -?st??n

Noun

digestion (countable and uncountable, plural digestions)

1. The process, in the gastrointestinal tract, by which food is converted into substances that can be utilized by the body.
2. The result of this process.
3. The ability to use this process.
4. The processing of decay in organic matter assisted by microorganisms.
5. The assimilation and understanding of ideas.
6. (medicine, archaic) Generation of pus; suppuration.
7. (chemistry) Dissolution of a sample into a solution by means of adding acid and heat.

Derived terms

• predigestion

Related terms

• digest
• digester
• digestible

Translations

Anagrams

• genistoid

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin digestio, digestionem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.??s.tj??/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

digestion f (plural digestions)

1. digestion

Further reading

• “digestion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Old French

Alternative forms

• digestioun
• digestiun

Noun

digestion f (oblique plural digestions, nominative singular digestion, nominative plural digestions)

1. digestion

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /did??es?tju?/

Noun

digestion f

1. digestion

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French excrétion, or Late Latin excretio, excretionis, from Latin excerno.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -i???n

Noun

excretion (countable and uncountable, plural excretions)

1. The process of removing or ejecting material that has no further utility, especially from the body; the act of excreting.
2. Something being excreted in that manner, especially urine or feces.

Related terms

• excrete
• secretion

Translations

Further reading

• excretion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia