disgestion

disgestion

(dɪsˈdʒɛstʃən)
n
1. (Physiology) an obsolete name for digestion
2. (Psychology) an obsolete name for digestion
3. (Microbiology) an obsolete name for digestion
4. (Chemistry) an obsolete name for digestion
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Certain studies highlight different protein hy-drolysis, since they can improve pancreatic digestion and increase nutrient avalilability, as a result of breaking the molecular structure, considering that a protein disgestion in food is easier when it is denaturalized, increasing nutrient absorption in the human intestine (Gonzalvo, 2001; Martinez, 2006).
Evaluacion de la digestibilidad y disponibilidad de nutrientes del polen apicola al aplicar diferentes pretratamientos
Samples NB04-183b, c were analysed by ICP-MS (aqua regia disgestion) at ACME Analytical Laboratories Ltd., Vancouver, BC.
Age and petrology of the Machias Seal Island quartz monzodiorite, the southernmost rocks in New Brunswick, Canada
The first two come from swallowed air (usually from eating too fast), while carbon dioxide is a by-product of disgestion. But the real trouser-rattling trouble brews up in the colon, home to bacteria responsible for fermenting food residues left over from lunch.
HEALTH: An ill wind; It's embarrassing, juvenile and, frankly, disgusting but men think it's a gas. Here's the gen on farting..
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