digestion
digestion defined in 1951 year
digestion - digestion;digestion - Breakdown of complex foodstuffs by enzymes to simpler compounds which can be incorporated into metabolism. In many animals it is extracellular., i.e. enzymes are secreted into gut cavity, in which digestion takes place, e.g. vertebrates, arthropods; in others it is wholly or partly intracellular, the cell of the gut phagocytosing solid food particles, e.g. coelenterates, lamellibranchs.
near digestion in Knolik
| diffusion pressure deficit | home letter "D" start from "DI" | dighasium |
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